As usual, there’s a lot of ground to cover, literally and figuratively, in this week’s update. To make it more manageable, I’m going to focus on the owls in the East in this post — I’ll cover the Midwestern birds in the next one. The first owl is one of those close-but-no-cigar situations, so to speak. We’ve been working this … Read More
A Great New Perk in the Final Days
Thank you for your support We’re humbled and grateful beyond words for the support everyone’s extended to Project SNOWstorm again this winter. That’s taken many forms, but especially the over-the-top support for our Indiegogo campaign, which broke its goal of $15,000 last week and has continued to grow. Thank you all very, very much. Your help makes what we do … Read More
New perk: $50 – “Magic of the Snowy Owl”
For our final sprint of the 2014-15 funding campaign we have yet another great perk! One of our favorite Project SNOWstorm collaborators (who wishes to remain anonymous) has donated 20 copies of the PBS Nature documentary titled “Magic of the Snowy Owl”, a well-reviewed and intimate look at the life of Snowy Owls. The 55 minute documentary film on this DVD … Read More
Surprises, East to West
Thursday night was our weekly check-in. As always there were some surprises, and some owls we didn’t hear from…whether out of cell range, or suffering a temporarily low battery, we can’t say. Here are ones that checked in. Starting from the east, Orleans remains regular as clockwork along I-81 in upstate New York, just a few miles south of the … Read More
Two New Owls (and a Surprise from Erie)
The past few days have finally held a hint of spring in parts of the Northeast and Midwest where it’s been a long, frigid, snowy winter — but we’re still charging ahead, with two more newly tagged owls to introduce, and a very cool update from one of our 2014 birds. In Wisconsin, Gene Jacobs trapped and tagged an adult female … Read More
New perk: $50 – “A Snowy Owl Story” children’s board book by Melissa Kim
One winter, as food gets scarce, a snowy owl finds herself forced to look in new and unfamiliar spots in order to find food and a place to call home. Based on a true story, A Snowy Owl Story describes, through the tale of one particular owl, the recent irruption of snowy owls all across the United States. Through a simple … Read More
Buckeye Hits the Road
We had another busy round of check-ins Thursday night, and now that a few days have passed, we’ve updated the map for eight of our tagged owls. The most unexpected — and welcome — change is Buckeye, who for the past couple of weeks has been haunting the runways of the Toledo Executive Airport in northwestern Ohio. Her habit of … Read More
Stay-at-homes and Wanderers
Yesterday we shared the news about our two latest transmitter owls, Geneseo and Orleans. Now we have an update on how everyone else is doing, based on the last two check-in periods. Let’s start west and work our way east, beginning with Goose Pond in Columbia County, Wisconsin. This adult male has moved about three miles (5 km) south of … Read More
Geneseo and Orleans
There’s been a lot going on at Project SNOWstorm, despite the lack of recent updates. Our core group got hit with travel (and travel delays), illnesses and a few other unavoidable hiccups that kept us occupied the past week or two, but we’re ready to catch everyone up with what’s going on. The biggest news is that we have two … Read More
Great perk for sharing our campaign with your friends
It’s been exciting to see the response to Project SNOWstorm from so many readers on the blog, Facebook, Twitter, and through emails. We have been really impressed with the interest in the project that so many of you have shown, and really appreciate that you are sharing our updates with your friends and family. We’d like to offer you something … Read More