Snowman

Barn Owl

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His Story It was an early spring morning in Beverly Hills when a young girl looked out her bedroom window and saw something odd on the front lawn. “Mommy!” she cried, “There’s a snowman on our lawn!” At closer inspection it turned out to be a baby barn owl. When first hatched barn owls are balls of white fluffy feathers with large dark eyes and, when plopped in the middle of a lush green law, a barn owl chick might very well take on the appearance of a tiny snowman. As the young bird matures its white downy chick feathers are replaced with tawny, speckled adult plumage with the growth of new white feathers forming the barn owl’s characteristic dish-shaped face.  In his fall from the tall palm tree, Snowman injured his leg and talon and was not able to be released back into his natural habitat. He has found a permanent home at Wildworks and is now an ambassador for his species participating in educational programs on almost a daily basis. Similar in appearance to the snowy owl “Hedwig” of Harry Potter fame, Snowman the barn owl is popular with the many Potter fans who attend our presentations annually.