Zora,

I think you have your finger on it. Short-eared Owls are nomadic and tend
to show up where the food is rather than being tied to specific places.
This benefits species that rely upon prey with fluctuating populations such
as voles. The floods earlier this year likely resulted in the loss of lots
of voles in some places and perhaps an increase in others. Short-eared
Owls are willing and able to move great distances to secure food, so it is
hard to say to where they may have moved.

Paul

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 11:18 AM Zora Monster <zoramon at mac.com> wrote:


> "Wondered if most of the voles had drowned in the sea. 😕"

> This may well be the case. And from the looks of the East 90 last Friday

> there isn't much dry land for them even now. It makes sense that the owls

> moved on to someplace with food.

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