--- description: A traffic camera in Quebec captured striking images of a snowy owl in flight on Jan. 3. title: Traffic Camera Captures Amazing Pictures of a Soaring Snowy Owl image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Traffic Camera Captures Amazing Pictures of a Soaring Snowy Owl  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 7, 2016 9:37 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jan 7, 2016 9:37 PM CUT A traffic camera in Quebec captured striking images of a [snowy owl](http://time.com/4140184/harry-potter-hedwig-death-jk-rowling/ "undefined") in flight on Jan. 3\. A series of frames were taken of the [bird](http://time.com/4149868/owl-rat-string/ "undefined") over Montreal’s Highway 40 and shared on Facebook by Robert Poëti, a Canadian politician, on Thursday. The pictures show the owl flying toward the camera and soaring past it. “Here are a couple of shots of this beautiful snowy owl,” Poëti captioned the post. The snowy owl is Quebec’s official bird, but sightings of the species in the wild are rare, according to [FB Newswire](https://www.facebook.com/689522981085826/posts/1004477806257007 "undefined"). **Read More:** [Owl vs. Man: Who Gives A Hoot?](http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,970447,00.html "undefined") See the full footage of the owl’s flight below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4171967/traffic-camera-pictures-snowy-owl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4171967/traffic-camera-pictures-snowy-owl/"},"headline":"Traffic Camera Captures Amazing Pictures of a Soaring Snowy Owl","datePublished":"2016-01-07T21:37:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:26.566Z","description":"Is that you, Hedwig?","url":"https://time.com/4171967/traffic-camera-pictures-snowy-owl/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","birds","Canada"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4171967/traffic-camera-pictures-snowy-owl/","name":"Traffic Camera Captures Amazing Pictures of a Soaring Snowy Owl"}}]}] ```