Join us as we research the annual movements of Snowy Owls
Project SNOWstorm uses innovative science to understand snowy owls, and to engage people in their conservation through outreach and education.

March 21, 2023
The Next SNOWstorm Generation?
Since Project SNOWstorm’s inception, all of us here have felt that since our work with snowy owls is funded entirely by the public, through hundreds of small donations every year, we want to make as much of our data publicly…

March 19, 2023
Alderbrooke, All Over the Place
For an owl that was off our radar until just a few weeks ago, Alderbrooke has proven to be one of the most wide-ranging of this winter’s owls. When she first popped back on the grid last month she was…
Alderbrooke
Columbia
Huron
Newton
Otter
Salyer

March 2, 2023
First on the Way
And they’re off. We’ve been wondering when the first significant push north would occur among this winter’s cadre of snowy owls, and it appears Huron, the adult female that had been wintering in southern Ontario, is the first out of…
Alderbrooke
Columbia
Huron
Newton
Otter
Salyer

February 24, 2023
A Big (Pleasant) Surprise
We’re usually on tenterhooks in late autumn and early winter — from about mid-November to the end of December — expecting to hear from the first returning tagged snowy owls. As we’ve mentioned before, this was a very slow year…
Alderbrooke
Columbia
Huron
Newton
Otter
Salyer

February 14, 2023
A Last Hurrah on the Prairie
Working with snowy owls is not for the faint of heart; you’re outside for long hours in weather that sends most people scurrying for the warmth of a wood stove and a mug of hot chocolate. And in a winter…
Columbia
Huron
Newton
Otter
Salyer

February 12, 2023
What Game?
All owls are great, but there’s only one Superb Owl.…