PHOTOS: Rare snowy owl spotted on Capitol Hill in DC

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A rare snowy owl looks down from its perch high atop the large marble orb of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A rare snowy owl twists its head to look backwards from atop the large marble orb of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A rare snowy owl looks down from its perch atop of the Louis St. Gaudens's allegorical Archimedes statue, representing the gift of mechanics, on the parapet above the entrance of Union Station in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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An American Flag flies in the distance as a rare snowy owl looks down from its perch atop the large stone orb of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. Far from its summer breeding grounds in Canada, the snowy owl was first seen on January 3, the day a winter storm dumped eight inches of snow on the city. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A rare snowy owl takes flight from its' perch atop the Louis St. Gaudens's allegorical Themis statue, representing freedom and justice, on the parapet above the entrance of Union Station in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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With the U.S. Capitol dome in the distance, birdwatchers line Columbus Circle in front of Union Station in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, hoping for a glimpse of a rare snowy owl that has been seen there and around Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A rare snowy owl looks out from its perch atop the large marble orb supported by four eagles of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. “Snowy owls are coming from a part of the world where they see almost nothing human, from completely treeless open Arctic tundra,” said Scott Weidensaul, a researcher at nonprofit Project SNOWStorm, which tracks snowy owl movements. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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A rare snowy owl looks down from its perch on a marble eagle of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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In a long exposure photo, a rare snowy owl takes flight from atop the large marble orb of the Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Union Station in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Birdwatchers line Columbus Circle in front of Union Station in Washington, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, hoping for a glimpse of a rare snowy owl that has been seen there and around Washington's Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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