It’s that time of year — not a lot to report, because almost all of our tagged owls have moved out of earshot, so to speak. This past week, only two birds remained within cell range: Hardscrabble and Brunswick. Brunswick is still hunkered down in the Isle of Shoals, though I suspect the attraction is eiders, gulls and other waterbirds, … Read More
Wampum’s Gone
Dancing around bad news never makes it any easier to give or receive, so I’ll simply say that we lost an owl last week, and it still feels like a punch to the gut. It was Wampum, the adult female who had been playing with fire much of the winter at several New England airports. She was found dead Thursday … Read More
Heading North, Heading South
Spring is always a time for surprises. Owls disappear, sometimes for weeks, only to reappear when they hit a pocket of cell coverage; others move in unexpected directions. That was the case this week, when one bird that’s been off the grid for nearly a month showed up again. One pushed hard north, another went south and wound up where … Read More