Talk:Snowy Owl

Capitalisation[edit]

How come this bird (and perhaps others) is capitalised? I note that Britannica refers to it simply as a "snowy owl" [1]. Why the proper noun? Stevage 20:24, 3 April 2006 (UTC) ya rly[reply]

Bird books capitalise species' names. After much discussion it was agreed some years ago that bird species would be fully capitalised with an obligatory lower case redirect. No consensus exists for other animal groups, so the practice with mammals, fish etc varies dependeing who's writing them. jimfbleak 15:00, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That was something I was wondering about myself, too, since all of my field guides refer to animal, plant and mushroom species with (aside from the scientific ones that already have cap genus name) capitalized names throughout the text. Thank you for answering this for me, too. One thing, though: does the snowy owl remind anybody else of Cher? It's weird, but each time I see a snowy owl... 62.194.0.236 14:11, 22 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism[edit]

Can this article be locked untill more experts can contribute to it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.127.65.2 (talk) 01:54, 7 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Yes, probably because of the owl meme this page is being hacked. There's an invisible sentence about a guy spotting one in Virginia. It should be locked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.164.81.245 (talk) 03:52, 30 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Day hunter[edit]

I'm not the one to do it, as I am not formally educated whatsoever on this subject -- just a fan of raptors, especially this one. But would anyone be willing to explain that this owl is diurnal, what that means and why it's unusual, etc.? Thanks for your consideration. Harfang 04:40, 10 October 2007 (UTC) This is true please lisen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.6.220.10 (talk) 15:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note also this poorly written and obscene sentence below the first paragraph. After the paragraph ending, "The Snowy Owl is the official bird of Quebec" one finds:

"they are the stupid animals in the would. they have sex in the nest and there babys do that to th there sisters."

please emend this and lock the page. kburke — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.78.189.49 (talk) 19:29, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

add to winkipedia[edit]

Snowy Owls Love the snow oviously,the snowy owl does not like the heat! Thats why snowy owl live in the snow. Thats why there called SNOWy owls

Thats just ridiculous. I'm sure most people don't think snowy owls don't like heat. Next time, use your common sense.

snow owl[edit]

i think you should put the way it behave with human —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.184.246.174 (talk) 16:34, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

go[edit]

let them go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.6.220.10 (talk) 15:32, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Why? What would I have to eat then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.157.30.200 (talk) 14:02, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inuit vs Inuktitut[edit]

Don't want to be too pedantic, but would anyone mind if the sentence stating "... Inuit word for..." were reworded to "The Inuit refer to the Snowy Owl using the Inuktitut word...."? "Inuit" refers to the name of the people and "Inuktitut" is their language. Pierrefonds (talk) 19:55, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've fixed it but only by being more pedantic. Inuktitut is just one of several Inuit languages. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 21:59, 20 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SNOWY OWL[edit]

I AM DOING A PROGECT ON SNOWY OWLS THIS WEBSITE HAS HELPED ME A LOT.BY BRITTANY HUPMAN —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.89.200.213 (talk) 20:59, 27 January 2009 (UTC) hi my name is kelley i live in hamilton mo. and about 15 mils away in breckenridge is a snow owl it is so nice to see something so pretty. i know it does not belong hear but i hop it stays thank you kelley davis hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.253.116.125 (talk) 21:12, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Robot[edit]

Why is there a picture of a robot snowy owl on the snowy owl page? Shouldn't there only be pictures of real live snowy owls? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.2.49.52 (talk) 21:35, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress[edit]

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