[NatureNS] Surviving Snowy Owls - What Next?

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How about now? Is there still a snowy owl at Lawrencetown?

Thank you,

Nancy

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On 11-Mar-14, at 10:13 AM, Andrew Horn wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I=92ll just add that two snowies were still being seen at Lawrencetown =
=20
> Beach as late as yesterday, according to eBird reports summarized =20
> here: http://bluehourbirding.blogspot.ca
>
> Cheers,
> Andy Horn
> Halifax
>
> On Mar 11, 2014, at 9:58 AM, Helene Van Doninck =
<helene.birdvet@gmail.com=20
> > wrote:
>
>> Hard to say, only the birds know :) I imagine they will gravitate =20
>> wherever the food is. Im just tickled pink my barbed wire one is =20
>> going to be releaseable. When I first saw the pics and eventually =20
>> the bird I didn't have much hope. Flying like a trooper, just needs =20=

>> 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=20
>> > wrote:
>> My understanding is that irruption and migration are two very =20
>> different behaviors, and that irruption is a diaspora - the animal =20=

>> leaves because it is forced to, with no predefined destination as =20
>> exists in a migration, and thus no instinct to return to it's point =20=

>> 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 =20
>> beach. They seem to have moved away in the past 2 weeks. I thought =20=

>> they might have begun their migration back to the tundra? Have any =20=

>> 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 =20
>> Owls in NS from the irruption of Dec 2013;  that these birds are =20
>> not migratory in the normal sense; that an irruption is not a =20
>> predictable, repeatable migratory event; and that, having survived =20=

>> a winter that I believe was fatal to a higher than normal =20
>> percentage of our resident bird predators, the surviving Snowys =20
>> have proven adaptive and survival skills in NS.
>> >
>> > So I'm wondering what becomes of these birds.  Will they become =20
>> residents like our other Owl species, perhaps establishing =20
>> territory and reproducing?  Will they return from whence they came =20=

>> even if they are not possessed of migratory instinct? Or are they =20
>> doomed to wander in exile alone forever?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > --
>> > Jamie Simpson
>> > Hantsport, NS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --=20
>> Jamie Simpson
>> Hantsport, NS
>


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