Kiliii Yuyan Photographer

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Snowy owl nestlings just a few days old await the quick return of their mother in the near-freezing cold of arctic summer at Teshekpuk Lake. Their nests are often begun as scrapes on a tundra hummock, then walls built up with the bodies of lemmings. The presence of the owl's nest also puts other nesting birds at ease. A brant colony has established itself in the lower wet tundra around the hummock.

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