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--Boundary_(ID_LM+3PWeHs50Rp9NotBEGxg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Globe and Mail, Tues., Dec. 16, 2008 CANADA IN BRIEF Snowy owls undertake unusual migration to PEI The Canadian Press December 16, 2008 Charlottetown -- Large, white, shadowy, deadly creatures have invaded Prince Edward Island. The snowy owl, usually found in more northern regions, have appeared in large numbers on PEI this fall and appear ready to stay for the winter. Reports have come in from a variety of locations across the province about owl sightings, said Rosemary Curley, natural areas biologist with the provincial Environment Department. "We're getting reports all over," she said yesterday. Ms. Curley said it appears likely the owl's usual food source, lemmings, have crashed in the Arctic, forcing the owls southward in search of an alternative supply of food. She said that during an average winter, there might be three or four snowy owls spotted on the Island. But those numbers have swelled this fall to numbers rarely seen. Unlike other owls, the snowy owl hunts by day and is becoming a common sight. Other areas of Southern Canada are also reporting unusually large numbers of the owls, Ms. Curley said. --Boundary_(ID_LM+3PWeHs50Rp9NotBEGxg) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Globe and Mail, Tues., Dec. 16, = 2008<div><br></div><div>CANADA IN BRIEF</div><div><br></div><div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 31px; "><font face=3D"Trebuchet MS" = size=3D"6" style=3D"font: 29.0px Trebuchet MS; letter-spacing: = -1.0px"><b>Snowy owls undertake unusual migration to = PEI</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 31px; "><font = class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"'Trebuchet MS'" size=3D"7"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 29px; letter-spacing: = -1px; line-height: normal;"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">The Canadian Press</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">December 16, 2008</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" = face=3D"Verdana"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height: = normal;"><br></span></font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px = 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">Charlottetown -- Large, white, shadowy, = deadly creatures have invaded Prince Edward Island.</font></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">The snowy = owl, usually found in more northern regions, have appeared in large = numbers on PEI this fall and appear ready to stay for the = winter.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; = line-height: 18.0px"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Verdana">Reports have come in from a variety of locations across = the province about owl sightings, said Rosemary Curley, natural areas = biologist with the provincial Environment Department.</font></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">"We're = getting reports all over," she said yesterday.</font></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">Ms. Curley = said it appears likely the owl's usual food source, lemmings, have = crashed in the Arctic, forcing the owls southward in search of an = alternative supply of food.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">She said that during an average winter, = there might be three or four snowy owls spotted on the Island. But those = numbers have swelled this fall to numbers rarely seen.</font></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px"><font = face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Verdana">Unlike other = owls, the snowy owl hunts by day and is becoming a common = sight.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; = line-height: 18.0px"><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Verdana">Other areas of Southern Canada are also reporting = unusually large numbers of the owls, Ms. Curley = said.</font></p></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_LM+3PWeHs50Rp9NotBEGxg)--
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