Toronto is a four-year-old female originally caught as a first-winter owl in March 2022 at the Detroit (MI) Metro Airport, banded and relocated. In March 2025, she collided with a balcony window in Toronto, ON, suffering some minor injuries. After treatment at the Toronto Wildlife Centre she was fitted with a special, lightweight 30g transmitter by SNOWstorm bander Charlotte England, … Read More
Salvail
Salvail is a first-winter female snowy owl trapped Feb. 5, 2025, at the the Trudeau-Montreal International Airport, held for several weeks for rest and weight gain at Union québécoise de réhabilitation des oiseaux de proie (UQROP), and tagged by Dr. Guy Fitzgérald before being relocated away from the airport and released Feb. 26, 2025, near the Salvail River in southern … Read More
Rimouski
Rimouski is a first-winter male snowy owl found unable to fly with a dislocated elbow Nov. 20, 2024, near his namesake town of Rimouski in southern Québec. This tricky injury was successfully treated by veterinarian Dr. Guy Fitzgérald at Union Québécoise de Réhabilitation des Oiseaux de Proie (UQROP). Once Rimouski was fully recovered, Dr. Fitzgérald fitted him with a reduced-weight … Read More
Carden
Carden is a second year female, tagged Jan. 31, 2025, near the Carden Alvar, 150km NNE of Toronto, ON, by Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. Carden’s transmitter was paid for by generous donations from the public to Project SNOWstorm. Latest Updates
Jolene
Jolene is a second year female, tagged Jan. 26, 2025, near Atwood, ON, by Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. Atwood’s transmitter was paid for by generous donations from the public to Project SNOWstorm. Latest Updates
Atwood
Atwood is an adult female at least four years old, tagged Feb. 25, 2024, near Atwood, ON, by Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. Atwood’s transmitter was paid for by generous donations from the public to Project SNOWstorm. Because of unusual photographer activity in Atwood’s area, and out of an abundance of caution, we initially did not publish her tracking map, … Read More
Loren
Loren is a first-winter female snowy owl, trapped Jan. 25, 2024 by Falcon Environmental at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Québec. She was underweight at the time of capture, so she was transported to Dr. Guy Fitzgerald at Union Québécoise de Réhabilitation des Oiseaux de Proie (UQROP). After a health assessment and a chance to gain weight, she was fitted … Read More
Newton
Newton is an after-fourth-year adult male snowy owl, tagged Jan. 11, 2023, near the village of Newton, ON, by banders Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. He migrated north in March 2023, summering in the Ungava Peninsula of Québec where it appears he nested. He remained in the north until early January 2024, when he moved more than 1,300 km (800 … Read More