Snowy Owls
This picture provided by the Department of Environmental Conservation shows a young male snowy owl on Jones Beach in Wantagh, N.Y. on Long Island in mid-December 2008. Biologists say an increase in snowy owl sightings across northern states suggests that the arctic species is doing so well on its northern breeding ground that competition is driving the young ones south. (AP Photo/Dept of Environmental Conservation)
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