[NatureNS] Surviving Snowy Owls - What Next?

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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:58:49 -0300
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Hard to say, only the birds know :) I imagine they will gravitate wherever
the food is. Im just tickled pink my barbed wire one is going to be
releaseable. When I first saw the pics and eventually the bird I didn't
have much hope. Flying like a trooper, just needs to replace some damaged
feathers before release.
Helene

Helene Van Doninck DVM
Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre
On Mar 11, 2014 8:49 AM, "Shouty McShoutsalot" <desolatechair@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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
>

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<p dir=3D"ltr">Hard to say, only the birds know :) I imagine they will grav=
itate wherever the food is. Im just tickled pink my barbed wire one is goin=
g to be releaseable. When I first saw the pics and eventually the bird I di=
dn&#39;t have much hope. Flying like a trooper, just needs to replace some =
damaged feathers before release.<br>

Helene</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>
Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre</p>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mar 11, 2014 8:49 AM, &quot;Shouty McShoutsal=
ot&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail=
.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quot=
e" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<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&#39;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">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:cpruggles@e=
astlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">cpruggles@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</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><font color=3D"#888888">Paul.<br>
</font></span><div><div><br>
On 2014-03-10, at 11:30 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; 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>


&gt;<br>
&gt; So I&#39;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>


&gt;<br>
&gt; Regards<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; Jamie Simpson<br>
&gt; 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>
</blockquote></div>

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