Some snowy owls are homebodies, some have wanderlust. After Tom McDonald tagged Flanders on Dec. 8 near Cape Vincent, New York, it looked like this adult female might be the latter, but since Dec. 12 she’s settled in on Amherst Island, Ontario — one of the more famous owl hotspots in the East. In recent weeks birders have been reporting … Read More
Baltimore Returns
It’s hard to imagine that by this date two years ago I had just banded my first two snowy owls. Little did I realize I would have the opportunity to band several more, some of which were released with transmitters to allow us some insight into their activities. It was really exciting when several of the owls I tagged in … Read More
Say Hello to Wampum!
Here’s a great way to ring out the old year and usher in 2016. The newest Project SNOWstorm owl is Wampum, an adult female captured at Logan Airport in Boston byJeff Turner, Logan’s wildlife biologist, and relocated by Norman to a safer spot on Cape Cod earlier this week — with one of CTT’s new third-generation GPS/GSM transmitters on her back. She’s … Read More