Unfortunately some of those have been shot ... now they are being trapped instead (thankfully) ... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/nyregion/snowy-owls-to-be-trapped-instead-of-shot-at-new-york-area-airports.html
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 2:22:03 PM UTC-7, Dunnings wrote: > > Greetings - > > As many of you are aware, the northeast has been experiencing a Snowy > Owl invasion which borders on mind boggling. > > I also subscribe to CTBirds and in the past week there have been a > couple of great posts about the owls on their listserv. > > The first is a video shot at Plum Island during the SNOW invasion of > 2011/2012. Contrary to popular belief, they have found that the owls > are not starving and not stressed. It is a great video and talks > about the owls relocated from Logan Airport. > > http://shawncarey.zenfolio.com/p414081867/h199a36f8#h199a36f8” > > The second is a link to a blog written by Scott Kruitbosch about this > year’s invasion. He pulls apart ebird data and presents some pretty > interesting stats. > > http://rtpi.org/snowy-owl-sightings-and-statistics/ > > Let’s keep our eyes open! > > Good owling, > Kathy Mihm Dunning > Denver > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/0564ddf5-bc2a-4151-81b2-76d3572183ab%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
