Embléme (so named because the snowy owl is the official provincial bird of Québec) is a first-winter female trapped Jan. 11, 2026, at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport by Falcon Environment for relocation for her safety. She was fitted with a transmitter by Dr. Guy Fitzgérald of the University of Montréal and Union quebecoise de rehabilitation des oiseaux de proie (UQROP), … Read More
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
Hochelaga
Hochelaga is named for the original Iroquoian village at what is now Montréal. He was trapped by biologist Julie Lecours of Falcon Environmental on March 2, 2021, at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, and was already banded; records showed Falcon had originally trapped him at the airport on March 4, 2016, by which time he was already mature and almost completely … Read More