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This female Snowy Owl appeared near Montrose's "Magic Hedge" in Chicago, Illinois, USA sometime during the last week of October 2000.  Although Snowy Owls are regular winter visitors to the Chicago lakefront, late October is rather early for this visitor from the Arctic to arrive.
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Photo taken on 5 November 2000 by holding an Olympus C-3030 Zoom digital camera up to a Leica 77mm APO Televid tele scope.