Nicolet is an after-second-year (at least three-year-old) female snowy owl, trapped by Falcon Environmental at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport in Québec, and tagged by Dr. Guy Fitzgérald at the University of Montréal. She was relocated 120 km (75 miles) northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River and released Dec. 18, 2021, near the village of Nicolet, for which … Read More
Odanak
Odanak is an adult female snowy owl originally banded in 2014 at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. She was recaptured there in December 2021 by Falcon Environmental, tagged with a GPS/GSM transmitter by Dr. Guy Fitzgérald at the University of Montréal, and relocated 110 km (70 miles) northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, where she was released … Read More
Aimé
Aimé is an adult female trapped at the Montréal-Trudeau Airport, tagged by Dr. Guy Fitzgérald from the University of Montréal, and relocated 80 km to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River Nov. 29, 2021, near the community of Saint-Aimé. She is one of more than 40 airport relocation owls whose movements we have tracked to learn how best … 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, was already banded, and 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