Spectre the Snowy taking a break from greeting all his fans today at the Raven Ridge Animal Baby Shower event.
Shared this in another thread, but it’s a fun pic so I thought I’d give it its own post so everyone can see it.
I’ll trickle some pics out over the next few days of all the great birds I got to meet.
I thought male Snowies lose (almost all) their black spots as they age? Is this one not fully grown yet or do exceptions occur?
You taught me this btw 😜
I’m always so happy people retain the things I share!
They all start blackish, then get spotty, and the males will continue to lose spots.
You can see in the pics where he is losing them. I think he’s only 1.5 years old, so he’s got a ways to go.
How cool! So you can roughly gauge its age by looking at how many spots they have left?
I’ve only gotten to skim through this a little bit, but I came across an almost 80 page guide on aging Snowies by their feathers!
And I thought I spent a lot of time looking at owls! 😆 I can’t imagine how much time went into this guide.
!lemmysilver
Keep 'em coming! We’re still in the lead but someone else is catching up.
