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--001a1135e800ed5cb004f44170d3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My understanding is that there are surviving overwintered Snowy Owls in NS from the irruption of Dec 2013; that these birds are not migratory in the normal sense; that an irruption is not a predictable, repeatable migratory event; and that, having survived a winter that I believe was fatal to a higher than normal percentage of our resident bird predators, the surviving Snowys have proven adaptive and survival skills in NS. So I'm wondering what becomes of these birds. Will they become residents like our other Owl species, perhaps establishing territory and reproducing? Will they return from whence they came even if they are not possessed of migratory instinct? Or are they doomed to wander in exile alone forever? Regards -- Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS --001a1135e800ed5cb004f44170d3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">My understanding is that there are surviving overwintered = Snowy Owls in NS from the irruption of Dec 2013; =A0that these birds are no= t migratory in the normal sense; that an irruption is not a predictable, re= peatable migratory event; and that, having survived a winter that I believe= was fatal to a higher than normal percentage of our resident bird predator= s, the surviving Snowys have proven adaptive and survival skills in NS.<div= > <br></div><div>So I'm wondering what becomes of these birds. =A0Will th= ey become residents like our other Owl species, perhaps establishing territ= ory and reproducing? =A0Will they return from whence they came even if they= are not possessed of migratory instinct? Or are they doomed to wander in e= xile alone forever?<br clear=3D"all"> <div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr"><di= v>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div> </div></div> --001a1135e800ed5cb004f44170d3--
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