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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

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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…

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January 13, 2025

Who Has Been Up to What?

Between the holidays, travel and an impending book deadline, I’ve been a little slow with updates this season, for which I apologize. It’s worth mentioning from time to time that all of us at SNOWstorm do this on the side,…

Atwood

Loren.

Newton

Rimouski

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January 6, 2025

First-ever Global Status Assessment for Snowy Owls Raises Red Flags

For the first time, an assessment of the global conservation status of snowy owls has been completed, confirming that worldwide population was badly overestimated for decades, and indicating that snowy owl populations have declined by roughly a third over the…

International Snowy Owl Working Group

population decline

status assessment