Snowy Owls

[Love Creek Nature Center]

Chip - an update on the Berrien Owl. Unfortunately it died shortly after we received it and I sent the note to you. My guess is starvation. No obvious injuries and the keel on the breastbone did not seem to have any muscle or fat around it... I wish we had known yesterday it was in trouble. There may have been time to help it.....

Kip


--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Francke <francke at charter.net> wrote:

> From: Francke <francke at charter.net>
> Subject: snowy owls
> To: "Kip Miller (work)" <lovecreek269 at att.net>
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 9:04 PM
> Kip,  below is an emailed I sent to folks at the Muskegon
> Nature Club.
> 
> I'm finding this all very interesting, especially in
> light of a snowy owl that was found today not able to fly in
> Berrien County and delivered to a nature center for rehab. 
> Looking at all the evidence, there appears to have been
> three snowy owls that were in need of help.  The Muskegon
> bird that died, the Holland bird that was tangled in fishing
> line/nets and the Berrien bird that was rescued.  Is this a
> sign that snowy owls are having some kind of problem this
> year?  It is also unusually early for 4 snowy owls to be
> this far south.  Let me know if you hear of any other snowy
> owl reports/problems.  Chip