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Index of Subjects --001a11c2c370aded8404ecd018d7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Just a personal observation: I was on Victoria Island (Cambridge Bay) for three full days this summer. We drove out as far as possible each day, up to about 20 km I believe. On the 3 days we saw 13, 6 and 5 different Snowy Owls going one way. Our leader, Richard Knapton, told us, to the best of my memory, that this was the greatest number of these he had ever seen on these nearly annual trips. Also, lemmings were very common as we saw a number of them with no effort to do so. So I conclude, at least in that very limited area, Snowy Owls were very common in 2013, as were lemmings. The article(s) indicate this may have been the second year for both. It's quite likely the lemmings have crashed, or are crashing. Perhaps the irruption is entirely "normal". Rick Whitman On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot < desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: > I found this interesting and a bit worrisome that 'the most significant > wildlife event in decades' seems to be happening again only two years > later. > > "What we're seeing now -- it's unbelievable," said Denver Holt, head of > the Owl Research Institute in Montana. > > "This is the most significant wildlife event in decades," added Holt, who > has studied snowy owls in their Arctic tundra ecosystem for two decades. > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/28/us-owls-migration-idUSTRE80R0MP20120128 > > -- > Jamie Simpson > Hantsport, NS > -- Rick Whitman --001a11c2c370aded8404ecd018d7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Just a personal observation: I was on Victoria Island (Cam= bridge Bay) for three full days this summer. We drove out =A0as far as poss= ible each day, up to about 20 km I believe. On the 3 days we saw 13, 6 and = 5 different Snowy Owls going one way. Our leader, Richard Knapton, told us,= to the best of my memory, that this was the greatest number of these he ha= d ever seen on these nearly annual trips. Also, lemmings were very common a= s we saw a number of them with no effort to do so. So I conclude, at least = in that very limited area, Snowy Owls were very common in 2013, as were lem= mings. The article(s) indicate this may have been the second year for both.= It's quite likely the lemmings have crashed, or are crashing. Perhaps = the irruption is entirely "normal".<div> <br></div><div>Rick Whitman</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><= div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Shouty McShoutsa= lot <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com" target= =3D"_blank">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I found this interesti= ng and a bit worrisome that 'the most significant wildlife event in dec= ades' =A0seems to be happening again only two years later.</div> <div><br></div><p style=3D"line-height:23px;font-size:15px;font-family:geor= gia,'times new roman',serif;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px"> "What we're seeing now -- it's unbelievable," said Denver= Holt, head of the Owl Research Institute in Montana.</p><span style=3D"fon= t-size:medium;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans"></span><p style=3D"line-hei= ght:23px;font-size:15px;font-family:georgia,'times new roman',serif= ;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px"> "This is the most significant wildlife event in decades," added H= olt, who has studied snowy owls in their Arctic tundra ecosystem for two de= cades.</p><div><a href=3D"http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/28/us-owls= -migration-idUSTRE80R0MP20120128" target=3D"_blank">http://www.reuters.com/= article/2012/01/28/us-owls-migration-idUSTRE80R0MP20120128</a><span class= =3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> </font></span></div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br= ></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br= ></div> </font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Rick Whitman= <br> </div> --001a11c2c370aded8404ecd018d7--
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