In light of the recent influx of Snowy Owls, I figured I'd share this
article.
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/gotsnowies2013/
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*Yours, *
* Avery*
"The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our
treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively
here is a link to a recent article forwarded to me from an out of
state birder, from another birding list, that looks at the possible
impact of lemming numbers and global warming with possible effects on
snowy owls.. I dont think i saw it on our list server...
I'm not sure where the thought that Snowy Owls are diurnal hunters comes from.
This is also a thread on other listserves and I am not sure how it got started.
In 'The Crossley ID Guide' it states they are nocturnal/crepuscular and I have
not noticed any other books mentioning them to be diurnal
James O'brien requested that I post his response to my query.
Ardith
Original Message
Subject:snowy owl question
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2013 22:45:19 -0500
From: James O'Brien
To: ard...@earthlink.net
I saw your post on njbirds and had some info that you might
Graduate student Mira Furgoch found a female Black-throated Blue Warbler on
the campus of Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers this morning. (Ms. Furgoch
is an experienced birder from Ottawa.)
--Fred--
Fred Baumgarten
Sharon, CT/Westchester, NY
And points in between
fredbee.ea...@gmail.com
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The other day I was perusing the latest catalog from Buteo Books and saw
that there was a new monograph published last year with the title "The
Snowy Owl". Here is the description and a link to it at Buteo Books here in
case someone wants to check it out.
"The Snowy Owl - possibly the world's
The other day I was perusing the latest catalog from Buteo Books and saw
that there was a new monograph published last year with the title The
Snowy Owl. Here is the description and a link to it at Buteo Books here in
case someone wants to check it out.
The Snowy Owl - possibly the world's
Graduate student Mira Furgoch found a female Black-throated Blue Warbler on
the campus of Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers this morning. (Ms. Furgoch
is an experienced birder from Ottawa.)
--Fred--
Fred Baumgarten
Sharon, CT/Westchester, NY
And points in between
fredbee.ea...@gmail.com
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