Sunday 23 November 2014

Virtual Snowy Owls

More virtual birding. Are Snowy Owls coming? The map for November does not show many sightings but it is way more than in other months/years. I read a comment on a Swedish FB group that in 1999 after a hige invasion of Pomarine Skuas that there was also an "invasion" of Snowy Owls. This year has also seen a huge invasion of Poms (the first since 1999?) and it is being speculated that the Owls will follow. Presumably it has been a lemming year in Siberia meaning loads of young Poms and an equally good breeding year for the Owls.

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