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Unusually large southern migration of snowy owls baffles biologists
Some experts are describing it as a mystery of nature - snowy owls have been flying out of the Arctic in unusually large numbers this winter and they're being reported much farther south than usual. Some of the iconic birds have been spotted as far from their Arctic birthplace as Oklahoma and Hawaii. Marc Montgomery speaks with biologist Gilles Gauthier of Quebec's Laval University who has spent the past 20 years studying Snowy Owls high above the Arctic circle.
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