There’s been an unusual number of Snowy Owls flocking south from the Arctic recently, as the NYTimes reports

One of majestic birds even made it to Hawaii — where it was shot at the airport

Here’s a nice video on the owls produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, which speculates that the birds are being driven south due to competition for food. 

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