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Come and celebrate the winter solstice and a bevy of local sightings with a screening of Magic of the Snowy Owl on Thursday, December 19, from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210. Though "snowies" naturally stand out for their beauty, intelligence, and charm, in their eerie, bleak Arctic home it is their determination and survival skills that are truly magical. Snowy owls are built for the challenge of living where few other animals can persevere, their every sense and skill honed to take on their frozen world. And when the brief Arctic summer approaches, bringing light back to the tundra, they embark on an even more daunting challenge than keeping themselves alive. They breed and attempt to raise their young in one of the harshest environments on the planet. Once summer arrives, they will have just 82 days of sunlight to successfully raise a family of helpless owlets until they are ready and able to fly.

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