next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects
Rolland McCormick wrote: > Has anyone kept a record of the number of snowy owls seen > this fall? It seems to me we have had a lot more reported > than usual. A few years ago they were rather rare - this year > they seem to be more plentiful. There are almost always some sightings of Snowy Owls in southern Canada in winter but there is no question that there is a major southerly movement of Snowy Owls this year. In addition to several individuals being reported around Nova Scotia and Liz's report of large numbers being seen at Cape Race in Newfoundland, there are reports of concentrations in Quebec along the St. Lawrence River east of Quebec City, of birds in Ontario as far south as Lake Erie and I believe there are also large numbers in southern Saskatchewan. These southern 'pushes' of northern owl species, in this case Snowy Owls, are generally the result of too many owls for too few small mammals in the northern areas that they normally stay in in winter. All the best, Lance =========================== Lance Laviolette Glen Robertson, Ontario lance.laviolette@lmco.com ===========================
next message in archive
next message in thread
previous message in archive
Index of Subjects