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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…

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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…

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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…

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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