Hedwig is a female snowy owl, given to Harry by Hagrid as a birthday gift on Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley.
Wings outstretched talons flared and ears tuned to the faintest scrabblings of a rodent hidden under winter's white carpet a snowy owl in quebec province canada prepares to pounce.
This left a sizable stack of newspapers sitting on his desk beside his snowy owl, Hedwig: one for each of the days Harry had spent at Privet Drive this summer.
On land, creatures like lemmings, caribou, reindeer and snowy owls are being squeezed north into a narrower range.
