Positive Update on Snowy Owl Numbers (lemmy.world)

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Sometimes it's nice to be wrong.

When the Project SNOWstorm team held its annual planning meeting in August, there had been no reports from the Arctic suggesting there'd been a significant snowy owl breeding event anywhere - at least, anywhere that scientists were aware of. After last year's modestly nice irruption, we were preparing ourselves for a quiet winter without too much activity.

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I haven't gotten to read the entire article yet, but it sounds like this year has been abundant with baby Snowies! They mention some rare Snowy sightings in Minnesota, and I'm seeing a bunch of sites here in Pennsylvania reporting them as well.

Do well, little snow angels!

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