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.

December 2, 2023
Otter’s Summer Ramble
Once our tagged owls head north in the spring, that’s usually the last we hear from them until they come back south in the spring and re-enter the cell network, through which we communicate with their transmitters and obtain their…

November 30, 2023
Taking SNOWstorm on the Road
When we started Project SNOWstorm 10 years ago, it was on a wing and a prayer, pulled together in a matter of a couple of frantic weeks in late 2013 in response to the largest snowy owl irruption in the…

November 27, 2023
A New Season Draws Near
It’s that time of year, when the first snowy owls are starting to appear south of the Arctic — a few have popped up in southern Ontario and the Great Lakes region in recent weeks, and quite a few in…

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

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

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