Fluffy

by Heather King

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Title

Fluffy

Artist

Heather King

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

*Featured in*
Faa Portraits - Birds ~ 07/24/2017

This just isn't ANY snowy owl, this is the snowy owl that changed my life forever and in a sense she saved it. This is Snowy Momma♥
Back in 2010/2011 long before my diagnosis of chronic lyme disease, I was really declining health wise, but I was 100% determined to find and photograph a snowy owl.
We got word of where the majority of them came to every winter outside of Ottawa. My dear friend Steve talked to farmers, business owners, everyone and anyone he could and that led to me becoming friends with many of the farmers out in that area. I spent 3 winters in a row bonding with this beautiful owl. The first time I ever seen her was the first time I had ever seen an owl. I remember falling to my knees weeping in beautiful disbelief. We seen many snowy owls back then that day, but I felt a certain connection to this one:)
I fell in love with her. I would sit on orthopedic pillows on top of milk crates in 30 below zero weather with 30km/hr winds for endless hours. I felt free. I felt like I made it to heaven. She was so beautiful that none of this seemed real.
The best part, was the one on one time I had with her. I would talk to her, look into her eyes as those beautiful yellow golden eyes penetrated my soul. I would get to see her preen, clean her beak, hunt, itch, and even call out in her wild snowy owl territorial voice to other near by snowy owls I could never see coming.
I depended on friends and friends of friends to take me to her, the days I couldn't go see her I was in mourning.
I have been holding on to so many beautiful photographs of her because I wanted to keep her safe but not disclosing the location. 2 winters ago she left a few days shy of Valentines day. We spent weeks looking for her and could not find her. We heard from locals and farmers that 3 snowy owls were killed that year, and I'm hoping and praying it wasn't her. Last year people called me to tell me 'she returned' but just because a snowy owl sits where many other snowy owls have, doesn't mean it's the same owl. It's been 2 winters without her and I do hope she has moved on. I believe she chose to share her soul with those who shared theirs.

There's not a day that goes by where her spirit isn't with me. She was, will always be thee most profound and beautiful experience of my life.

https://www.facebook.com/LocustGirlPhotography

taken with canon 7D EOS
Lens - Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS Lens
taken at 400mm
Ontario, Canada

Dedicated to Steve ~ thank you for finding her for me and changing my life forever for the better ♥