Scientists are trying to solve the mystery owl snow
Received from the US National Audubon Society data reported Wednesday that the elusive snow owl, which is rarely seen outside the Arctic began to appear frequently in the atmosphere of North America .. and more than portrayed Rowling in the Harry Potter novels.
According to the preliminary data within the census number 114 birds conducted by the Assembly in the Holiday Birth to view this majestic birds that feed on the meat far outweigh what record numbers from last season.
There was counting and census operations in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean and some South Pacific Islands.
Said Geoff LeBaron director of the program on Wednesday, said that as of Wednesday - after he was counting five counts total - were seen 303 of these enormous size white birds.
He said that the final total for the snow owl numbers last year in 1117 or about double the highest previous number, which stood at 563 in 2011, which counted.
LeBaron said, "It's a big number." He is pointing out that the gathering center and these birds living seems to be concentrated in southern Ontario and the Great Lakes and the northeastern United States.
He added, that he might be the fourth year in a row that you see the snow owl in abundance, but pointed out that these numbers may not reach the level of last season or in 2011.
And multiply owl ice in the Arctic regions where polar feed on rodents, and sometimes rabbits, fish, birds and also other albums.
LeBaron said that since they do not move from their living places, but only in search of food, rarely seen outside the Arctic region, and added that the bird experts are not sure of the cause of this phenomenon or whether it is related to climate change.
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