Snowy Owls in the NE

[Kathy and Jeff Dunning]

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

[The "Nunn Guy"]

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/
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[Nancy Burek]

I was stunned to see my friend Betty Petersen in the first minutes of the video. Receiving news of her passing in June 2013 greatly saddened me, so it really warmed my heart to see her "being Betty" - snapping photos of the Snowy Owl and showing her sense of wonder. Thank you, Kathy, for sharing the video.

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[Wayne Wathen]

Thanks for passing this on.  The video on Snowy Owls was great and it was great to see Betty in the video. She was indeed a wonderful caring person.

Wayne Wathen

Highlands Ranch

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