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April 30, 2023

Late News from the North

We’re on the cusp of May, a time when snowy owls are usually off our radar for the summer — but we actually have some late news from three of our tagged owls, while two that had been lingering in…

Alderbrooke

Columbia

Huron

Otter

Salyer

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April 16, 2023

No More Messing Around

Last time, we puzzled a bit about the ways in which some of our tagged snowy owls were acting — Columbia moving due west instead of north; Huron making a gigantic loop around Lake Huron to wind up basically where…

Alderbrook

Columbia

Huron

Otter

Salyer

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April 4, 2023

Going West and Looping the Loop

So, the great “Bolt for the North” we were expecting last week didn’t materialize, although one snowy did shift his compass in that direction and one of our long-stationary owls did begin to move significantly — although to the west,…

Alderbrooke

Columbia

Huron

Newton

Otter

Salyer

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March 24, 2023

They’re Off (Some of Them, Anyway)

Just a quick update, but after a few false starts, two of our tagged owls are moving north in a serious way. Huron, after lingering for several weeks at the edge of Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron, flew 220 miles…

Alderbrooke

Columbia

Huron

Newton

Otter

Salyer

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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…

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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