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 31, 2025
One More on the Team
I promised one more surprise, here at the very end of the season, and her name is Toronto. She’s a four-year-old female snowy owl who is back in the wild after an mishap with a high-rise building, and a helping…
Carden
Jolene
Rimouski
Salvail
Toronto

March 27, 2025
Scattering With the Season
And just like that, spring has sprung. Last week’s milder weather seems to have triggered a bit of a mass exodus. After showing very little of the pre-migratory restlessness we sometimes see in late winter, and for the most part…
Atwood
Carden
Jolene
Loren.
Newton
Otter
Rimouski
Salvail

March 8, 2025
One More on the Roster: Salvail
What will likely be the last new SNOWstorm owl of the winter season is watching the world go by from an airport — though fortunately not the biggest, busiest airport she could have chosen. Salvail, as we’ve nicknamed her, is…
Atwood
Carden
Jolene
Loren.
Newton
Rimouski
Salvail

February 9, 2025
Welcome Jolene and Carden
Whether you’re reading this before or after the Big Game, here’s a little Superb Owl news for you all: We have two new snowies to introduce, one of which is in a very familiar place, keeping very familiar company. Jolene…
January 30, 2025
Hochelaga (Probably Can’t) Phone Home
One of the challenges with using technology is that it changes. Which is good — the miniaturization of batteries and other tech has allowed scientists to make ever-smaller and lighter transmitters to track ever-smaller and lighter animals. But sometimes technology…
January 28, 2025
No, We’re Not Dyeing Owls Red
On Jan. 24, birder and photographer James Robinson Bill Diller photographed a snowy owl in Huron County, Michigan, that appears to have been liberally coated with some sort of orangish-red paint or dye. After the photos appeared on social media…