For most English speakers, the name Hedwig, if it means anything at all, conjures up the obliging owl that delivers messages to Harry Potter. But if you come from central Europe - and especially ...

“They’re big and beautiful and charismatic ... An all-white snowy owl is pretty much always an older male (apologies to Harry Potter, but Hedwig was a male all along.) These birds are large ...

For most English speakers, the name Hedwig, if it means anything at all, conjures up the obliging owl that delivers messages to Harry Potter. But if you come from central Europe - and especially ...