Every so often, Snowy Owls come south of their normal wintering grounds in large numbers. These “irruptions” are a result of food pressure in the north (not enough food for all the owls). This is an irruptive year for snowy owls, so keep your eyes peeled for these amazing creatures. Also, if you see one, please keep your distance so you don’t stress the bird. Often when they arrive as far south as Ontario, they are emaciated because of the poor food situation further north. Click the link below for a video sent out by BSC recently, and produced by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
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Migration Monitoring for Fall 2011 is now complete. If you are interested in volunteering at Ruthven in the future, please email Rick Ludkin at rludkin 'at' hotmail.com.
Ruthven Park is a great place for birding, even when banding is not taking place. If you take any interesting pictures while there, or make any interesting observations, please email them to Rick Ludkin (see address above), and we can put them on the blog.
For directions to Ruthven, see the main Ruthven Park website.
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