[obol] Re: off topic Out of state Snowy Owls
- From: Carole Hallett <cehallett@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:35:34 -0800
The on-going PDX raptor relocation program has been in place since the fall
of 1999. We have moved over 1700 raptors including over 1200 red-tails.
You can check out the link for more information on the Wildlife Program at
PDX.
http://www.portofportland.com/PDX_WldLife_Mngmnt.aspx
Cheers,
Carole Hallett
Wildlife Biologist
Pacific Habitat Services
503-806-5792
On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 10:25 AM, Lars Per Norgren <larspernorgren@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
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> I'm no good at making links, but there's an article in today's NYT
> about a SNOW irruption w/o precedent in the eastern part of the continent.
> In past years when Oregon had a lot it seems there were plenty of sightings
> by 12/20. The map showing current SNOW sightings put out by Cornell looks
> like the breeding range of some eastern warbler. Port Authority in New York
> City used shotguns to remove three from Kennedy Airport. Public outcry has
> inspired Port Authority to try out the system used here in Portland since
> when? Seems like eternity. Apparently Logan Airport in Boston uses a
> similar protocol to Port of Portland. I believe thirty SNOW have been
> trapped and transported from Logan already this fall. I initially assumed
> that a very few birds were being trapped over and over again. But of course
> they must be marked, like our red-tails, so it must be 30 individuals. The
> times article mentions 693 reports already throughout the east. Many
> someone else can put up the link? It
> includes a high quality video of a pair of Peregrines harrassing two
> different SNOW in New Jersey. Then wasn't there something about a SNOW
> killing a Glaucous Gull a few years back? Some complained because it was
> rude to the owl, others because they thought it was photoshopped. i mean if
> it happens in New Jersey....
> Someone else check it out. Have I been duped? Lars
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