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Index of Subjects --001a1134ad4e59c61f04f4541084 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My understanding is that irruption and migration are two very different behaviors, and that irruption is a diaspora - the animal leaves because it is forced to, with no predefined destination as exists in a migration, and thus no instinct to return to it's point of origin. On 10 March 2014 14:24, Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Jamie, > I have been videoing two snowys for over a month at Lawrencetown beach. > They seem to have moved away in the past 2 weeks. I thought they might have > begun their migration back to the tundra? Have any of you seen any lately? > Paul. > > On 2014-03-10, at 11:30 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot wrote: > > > 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 > > -- Jamie Simpson Hantsport, NS --001a1134ad4e59c61f04f4541084 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">My understanding is that irruption and migration are two v= ery different behaviors, and that irruption is a diaspora - the animal leav= es because it is forced to, with no predefined destination as exists in a m= igration, and thus no instinct to return to it's point of origin.</div> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 10 March 2= 014 14:24, Paul Ruggles <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:cpruggles@e= astlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">cpruggles@eastlink.ca</a>></span> wrote:<b= r><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:= 1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Jamie,<br> I have been videoing two snowys for over a month at Lawrencetown beach. The= y seem to have moved away in the past 2 weeks. I thought they might have be= gun their migration back to the tundra? Have any of you seen any lately?<br= > <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">Paul.<br> </font></span><div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> On 2014-03-10, at 11:30 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot wrote:<br> <br> > My understanding is that there are surviving overwintered Snowy Owls i= n NS from the irruption of Dec 2013; =A0that these birds are not migratory = in the normal sense; that an irruption is not a predictable, repeatable mig= ratory event; and that, having survived a winter that I believe was fatal t= o a higher than normal percentage of our resident bird predators, the survi= ving Snowys have proven adaptive and survival skills in NS.<br> ><br> > So I'm wondering what becomes of these birds. =A0Will they become = residents like our other Owl species, perhaps establishing territory and re= producing? =A0Will they return from whence they came even if they are not p= ossessed of migratory instinct? Or are they doomed to wander in exile alone= forever?<br> ><br> > Regards<br> ><br> > --<br> > Jamie Simpson<br> > Hantsport, NS<br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>= <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Jamie Simpson<br></div>Hantsport, NS<br></div> </div> --001a1134ad4e59c61f04f4541084--
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