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Index of Subjects --_000_9E3CFC2697DE42499CD2B2A6921824F2dalca_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all, I=92ll just add that two snowies were still being seen at Lawrencetown Beac= h as late as yesterday, according to eBird reports summarized here: http://= bluehourbirding.blogspot.ca Cheers, Andy Horn Halifax On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Helene Van Doninck <helene.birdvet@gmail.com<m= ailto:helene.birdvet@gmail.com>> wrote: 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 release= able. 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 be= fore release. Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre On Mar 11, 2014 8:49 AM, "Shouty McShoutsalot" <desolatechair@gmail.com<mai= lto:desolatechair@gmail.com>> wrote: My understanding is that irruption and migration are two very different beh= aviors, and that irruption is a diaspora - the animal leaves because it is = forced to, with no predefined destination as exists in a migration, and thu= s no instinct to return to it's point of origin. On 10 March 2014 14:24, Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@eastlink.ca<mailto:cpruggle= s@eastlink.ca>> wrote: Jamie, 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? Paul. On 2014-03-10, at 11:30 AM, Shouty McShoutsalot wrote: > My understanding is that there are surviving overwintered Snowy Owls in N= S from the irruption of Dec 2013; that these birds are not migratory in th= e normal sense; that an irruption is not a predictable, repeatable migrator= y event; and that, having survived a winter that I believe was fatal to a h= igher 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 --_000_9E3CFC2697DE42499CD2B2A6921824F2dalca_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-ID: <9201DFC57EBAFA4F99FD0685E7C35709@namprd03.prod.outlook.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> </head> <body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-lin= e-break: after-white-space;"> Hi all, <div><br> </div> <div>I=92ll just add that two snowies were still being seen at Lawrencetown= Beach as late as yesterday, according to eBird reports summarized here:&nb= sp;<a href=3D"http://bluehourbirding.blogspot.ca">http://bluehourbirding.bl= ogspot.ca</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div>Cheers,</div> <div>Andy Horn</div> <div>Halifax</div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Helene Van Doninck <<a href=3D"mailto:= helene.birdvet@gmail.com">helene.birdvet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div> <br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <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'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, "Shouty McShoutsal= ot" <<a href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">desolatechair@gmail= .com</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"> <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">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 2014 14:24, Paul Ruggles <span dir= =3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:cpruggles@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">cpr= uggles@eastlink.ca</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"> 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><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; that these birds are not migrato= ry 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 ou= r resident bird predators, the surviving Snowys have proven adaptive and su= rvival skills in NS.<br> ><br> > So I'm wondering what becomes of these birds. Will they become r= esidents like our other Owl species, perhaps establishing territory and rep= roducing? 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?<br> ><br> > Regards<br> ><br> > --<br> > Jamie Simpson<br> > Hantsport, NS<br> <br> &l