Subject: Re: Snowy Owls versus Crows
Date: Nov 6 11:44:34 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at mail.ups.edu


>By the way, what do you think these owls are feeding on? There are probably
>some small mammals in the fields along the airstrip but some of us have been
>wondering if snowies would also take shorebirds. It seems like a dunlin
>or BBPL roosting on a log would be an easy mark (especially if the snowies also
>hunt by moonlight in addition to their diurnal hunting). Ideas?

Snowy Owls very commonly feed on birds, both on breeding and wintering grounds.

They do indeed take a lot of shorebirds. They also seem to get a lot of
ducks wounded by hunters.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416