Snowy owl takes 'selfie' with Montreal traffic camera
Digital Reporter
Thursday, January 7, 2016, 2:25 PM - A photogenic snowy owl is making headlines after in posed for a few images in front of Transport Quebec's traffic camera on Montreal's Highway 40 Sunday.
Transport Minister Robert Poëti tweeted about the camera-friendly bird Thursday morning.
"Beautiful snowy owl picked up by the road network surveillance cameras on the A- 40 in western MTL," he said in French.
Magnifique harfang des neiges capté par les caméras de surveillance du réseau routier sur l'A-40 dans l'ouest de MTL pic.twitter.com/ivaKZDel9r
— Robert Poëti (@robertpoeti) January 7, 2016
The images have since gone viral, racking up more than 1,000 combined "likes" and "shares."
Barbara Frei, director of the McGill Bird Observatory, told the CBC the young female in the photos was likely looking for somewhere to perch.
"I think they are attracted specifically to the highway because it has open, grassy fields nearby which is perfect for hunting their favourite prey, which is small rodents," she told the news agency.
"They like to get a good lay of the land and the high lamp posts or other posts that they can perch on while hunting just suits them perfectly."
Source: CBC
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