Wildlife parade from snow-covered northern China

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Our contributing birdwatcher Fang Qiaoran walked in ankle-deep snow when temperature was -15 degree Celsius just to get to a range close enough to capture these pictures of the owls.

A male snowy owl with a smirky face. /Fang Qiaoran

A female snowy owl. /Fang Qiaoran

A little owl. /Fang Qiaoran

A northern hawk-owl. /Fang Qiaoran

A Ural owl. /Fang Qiaoran

A great grey owl. /Fang Qiaoran

While southern China is already embracing early spring, Hulunbuir City in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is still covered in snow. Fang went there earlier this month to record more of the fluffy birds.

Chasing the owls, her car got stuck in snow thrice, and she and others had to walk on foot in ankle-deep snow only to watch the vigilant bird flapping its wings and flying away. That's part of what it takes to be a birdwatcher. Her personal record of recording over 1,000 bird species does not come easy.

After going through all the trouble, she was able to add five owl species on her list: snowy owl, northern hawk-owl, great grey owl, Ural owl and little owl.

In addition to the nocturnal bird, Fang also discovered some interesting species. Take a look!