Donna Dannen wrote:
I read, with interest, the article SeEtta Moss linked about Snowy Owls
migrating south because of population pressures in the Arctic. I have
a question regarding such migrants. If they have been forced
southward due to population pressure, what is the prognosis for a bird
like this? Has anyone banded such migrants with any luck in learning
their outcome? Is it possible this bird could make it back to the
Arctic and somehow survive, despite the reasons it is here, now? I
realize these seem like very loaded questions.....and perhaps rather
jaded ones. I hope the best for this bird. I don't know if I'll get
the chance to see it, much less photograph it.....and I feel we are
all so privileged to have this opportunity without financing a trip to
Churchill or Barrow......but I feel for the bird under the best of
circumstances, and felt I just must ask the question.
Donna Dannen
Evergreen, Colorad
This short article gives some information
Snowy Owl Irruption
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38902.asp
If there is one snowy in Colorado, their might well be others.
Roger
Lakewood, CO
