Alderbrooke is a juvenile female trapped Dec. 9, 2020, at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport by Falcon Environmental, tagged by Rebecca McCabe and moved from the airfield as part of Project SNOWstorm’s research into the best ways to relocate snowy owls so they remain away from airports. She is named for one of the sanctuaries of Bird Protection Québec, which is … Read More
Fond du Lac
Fond du Lac, a fourth-year female, was trapped and tagged by Gene Jacobs on Feb. 23, 2020, along with two other snowies, near Waupun, WI. She was nicknamed in honor of Fond du Lac Audubon Society, an anonymous donor to which had underwritten the cost of the transmitter. She wintered near her capture area, and migrated north in early April … Read More
Amherst
Amherst was an adult female tagged Feb. 15, 2020, on Amherst Island, ON, in Lake Ontario by the Simcoe County Banding Group and Rebecca McCabe. She spent the remainder of the winter on the island and migrated north in April, and was last heard from May 5, 2020, along the eastern shore of James Bay. Nineteen months later, having nested … Read More
Simcoe
Simcoe is an after-third-year female tagged Feb. 17, 2020, on Amherst Island, ON, in Lake Ontario by the Simcoe County Banding Group (for which she was named) and Rebecca McCabe. She spent the remainder of the winter on the island and migrated north in March 2020, nesting in the Ungava Peninsula, then returning to Amherst Island for the winter of … Read More
Columbia
Columbia is an adult female captured in January 2020 near Madison Audubon’s Goose Pond Sanctuary in Arlington, WI, with support from Madison Audubon. She migrated north in April, spending the summer of 2020 on Prince of Wales Island in the central Canadian Arctic before migrating south. She first checked in Nov. 12, 2020, in Manitoba, and then moved to southeastern … Read More
Dorval
Dorval is an adult female at least seven years old, originally banded in Jan. 2017 at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Québec, and trapped there again Jan. 11, 2020, by Falcon Environmental Services. She was fitted with a GPS/GSM transmitter by Rebecca McCabe and relocated to southern Ontario, though she quickly returned to the airport. Dorval’s transmitter was paid for by … Read More
Redwood
Redwood was tagged Jan. 2, 2020, in Jefferson County, NY, by Tom McDonald, and wintered there on Cape Vincent — including one short visit to the Fort Drum military airfield. He migrated north in early March 2020, eventually settling to nest in the northeastern Ungava Peninsula, QC. Redwood migrated south in November and December 2020, arriving near Ottawa, ON, Jan. … Read More