Talk:Snowy Owl

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[edit] Capitalisation

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

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)
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)

[edit] Vandalism

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).


[edit] Day hunter

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)

[edit] add to winkipedia

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.

[edit] snow owl

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)