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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

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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

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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

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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

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February 12, 2023

What Game?

All owls are great, but there’s only one Superb Owl.…