Press Releases
Interviews
To schedule an interview about Project SNOWstorm, please contact:
Scott Weidensaul
- Email: scott@projectsnowstorm.org
David F. Brinker
- Email: dave@projectsnowstorm.org
Images and other media available on request.
Press coverage 2017-18
- 2/17/18 – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Record Number of Snowy Owls Sighted in Wisconsin This Winter (link)
- 2/7/18 – Smithsonian.com: A Winter Boom of Snowy Owls Masks a Host of Climate Threats (link)
- 2/6/18 – Delmarva Now.com: In Rare Sighting, Snowy Owl Tagged, Released at Assateague Island (link)
- 12/21/17 – Associated Press: Snowy Owl Numbers Far Lower Than Once Thought (link)
- 12/8/2017 – White Bear Press, MN: Holidays Are Looking Snowy in Minnesota (link)
- 12/7/2017 – Atlas Obscura: Snowy Owls Are Back in Town (link)
- 12/5/2017 – Indianapolis Star: Rare Snowy Owls Invade Indiana in Historic Numbers (link)
- 12/1/2017 – Philadelphia Inquirer: Snowy Owls Flock to New Jersey and Pennsylvania (link)
- 12/1/2017 – Detroit Free Press: Snowy Owl Mass Migration Blanketing Michigan in Feathery White (link)
- 12/1/2017 – WNYC: ‘Irruption’ of Snowy Owls Brings Birds Far South This Winter (link)
- 11/30/2017 – CBS News Phila. – Snowy Owls Invade Delaware Valley (link)
Press coverage 2015-16
Stories mentioning Project SNOWstorm
- 3/3/2016 – Bangor Daily News -Snowy owls captured at Maine airports being tracked by satellite (link)
- 3/3/2016 – PHYS.ORG – Snowy owl’s far-flung travels tracked in incredible detail (link)
- 3/3/2016 – Discovery News – Snowy Owl ‘Baltimore’ Provides Best Migration Data Ever (link)
- 11/5/2015 – Minnesota Public Radio – Snowy Owls coming to Minnesota earlier and more often (link)
- 10/30/2015 – WEMU – The Green Roon: Who’s ‘Whoo’-Michigan’s Owls (link)
Press coverage 2013-14 and 2014-15
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Snowy owl provides a bird’s-eye view as part of project
- Penn Live – Invasion of snowy owls into Pennsylvania and other states targeted by Project SNOWstorm
- WAMU – Snowy Owls Invade the Coast
- WBOC16 – “Unprecedented” Snowy Owl Numbers on Delmarva
- The Dispatch – Snowy Owl Winter Irruption Not Expected To End Soon
- 1/16 – CBS DC – Record Number of Snowy Owls Migrating to the Region a Treat For Scientists, Bird Watchers
- 1/17- CBS Philly – Incursion Of Snowy Owls On East Coast Prompts Research Project
- 1/24 – What’s Up Magazine – Snowy Owl Invasion reaches record numbers
- 1/28- delmarvanow.com – Irruption of Snowy Owls at Assateague
- 2/6 – Cape Cod Online – Snowy Owl soars at Sandy Neck release
- 2/11 – Nunatsiaq Online – Who-who’s seen a Snowy Owl?
- 2/28 – Star Tribune – Transmitter Gives a Bird’s-eye View into Snowy Owl’s World
- 3/11 – NPR – The Great Snowy Owl Invasion
- 3/15 – CBS Baltimore – Snowy Owls Captured Near Martin State Airport
- 3/19 – The Weather Channel – Secrets of Elusive Snow Owls Uncovered
- March 2014 – Audubon Magazine – With So Many Snowies to Study, Scientists Are Discovering How Little We Know About This Bird
Coverage in the blogosphere
- All About Birds – Project SNOWstorm Seizes the Moment to Take a Closer Look at Snowy Owls
- eBird Maine – Project SNOWstorm
- Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art – Project SNOWstorm is underway!
- Wisconsin Ornithological Society – Project SNOWstorm hits Wisconsin
- 10000 Birds – Support Project SNOWstorm
- Nutty Birder – Snowy Owls: Project SNOWstorm
- Outside My Window – Help Study Snowy Owls
- ABA Blog – Project SNOWstorm!
- Laramie Audubon – Project SNOWstorm
- The Osprey Nest – The snowball effect of Project SNOWstorm
- Shorebread – ShoreBread Investigates: Snowy Owls On The Shore
- Shorebread – Project SNOWstorm flies to the Eastern Shore (2/5)
- McHenry Audubon – Project SNOWstorm
- Birding Pictures – Banding Snowy Owls
