Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History

by Paul Bannick

Overview

The Snowy Owl—also known as the Arctic Owl, Snowy White Owl, and White Owl—is one of the most easily identified but least understood owls in the world.

Award-winning author and photographer Paul Bannick delves into the natural history of this owl species, including the latest research, providing readers with comprehensive yet accessible looks at their preferred habitat, hunting and feeding behavior, mating and nesting actions, owlets and fledglings, and more.

This beautiful book follows Bannick’s bestselling titles, The Owl and the Woodpecker and Owl, providing fans with another emotionally rich photographic portfolio and engaging, informative text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680513158
Publisher:	Mountaineers Books, The
Publication date:	10/01/2020
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Paul Bannick is an award-winning author and photographer who makes images to inspire education and conservation. Paul’s photography has won awards in several prestigious contests, including those hosted by Audubon Magazine and the International Conservation Photography Awards. His work appears in many bird guides, including those from Audubon, Peterson, and The Smithsonian and has been featured in a variety of other books, publications and national exhibits.

Editorial Reviews

Throughout each narrative, [Bannick's] time in the field observing and photographing these enigmatic birds comes to life in evocative, experiential passages.

Midwest Book Review

Beautiful... With Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl, Bannick trains his lens on these magnificent beasts, educating readers in the habitats and habits of, as he calls them, “two of the world’s most charismatic birds.

Crosscut - Brangien Davis

[Bannick's] 'Snowy Owl' book transports readers to the Arctic tundra.

KNKX - Bellamy Pailthorp

Extraordinary, for any bird lovers on anyone’s list.

The Seattle Times - Georgiana Blomberg

Bannick is immersed in study of his subject. He has produced unprecedented display pictures of Snowy Owl mating rituals.

Post Alley - Joel Connelly

Award-winning photographer Paul Bannick of Seattle has compiled two showy coffee-table tombs for owl-lovers and those who want to look at cool photos of owls uninterrupted in nature.

Outdoors NW

I have yet to encounter one [a wildlife photographer] who better captures the magic and beauty of the natural world. I was absolutely blown away by his two recent books — Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl. No tame, game-farm birds in these spectacular collections or in any of Bannick’s work. He immerses himself in the wild and brings his viewers and readers along with him.

Ted Williams

Snowy Owl: A Visual Natural History and its companion book, Great Gray Owl: A Visual Natural History are exceptional books for all birders’ libraries, and anyone even mildly interested in birds will find the visual effects remarkable.

The Birding Wire

Although the two books [Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl] are most impressive for their outstanding photographs, they incorporate natural history information, first-person accounts of the author’s owling experiences and sections on the birds' conservation statuses and what we can do to help.

Anchorage Daily News - Nancy Lord

These two books [Snowy Owl and Great Gray Owl] are must haves for fans of Paul Bannick's photography!

The Birdbooker Report

A beautiful collection of snowy owl photos and a personal narrative from photographer Paul Bannick.

Birds & Blooms Extra

Filled with some amazing photographs. But if you’ve seen either of Bannick’s previous books (Owl and The Owl and the Woodpecker), then this is no surprise.

The Birder's Library - Grant McCreary