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Index of Subjects --e89a8ff1cb402249d404ecd03bcf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, There was one near E.Point, Grand Pre this afternoon that unfortunately looked very droopy and unhealthy. Richard On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Rick Whitman < dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- ################# Richard Stern, Port Williams, NS, Canada sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --e89a8ff1cb402249d404ecd03bcf Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div>Hi,<br><br></div>There was one near E.Point, Gra= nd Pre this afternoon that unfortunately looked very droopy and unhealthy.<= br><br></div>Richard<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gm= ail_quote"> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Rick Whitman <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:dendroica.caerulescens@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">dendroica.ca= erulescens@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu= ote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex= "> <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"><div><div= class=3D"h5"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:= 57 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:desolate= chair@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">desolatechair@gmail.com</a>></span> w= rote:<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><font c= olor=3D"#888888"><br> </font></span></div><span><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></div>-- <br><di= v 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></div></div><span c= lass=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">-- <br>Rick Whitman<br> </font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Ri= chard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichar= d@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>##############= ##### </div></div> --e89a8ff1cb402249d404ecd03bcf--
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