Tracking maps are now available for our three newest tagged owls — Coteau in North Dakota, Wolverine in Michigan, and Redwood in New York. Have fun following their movements!
Wolverine and Redwood
Some folks were taking it easy over the holidays, but not the Project SNOWstorm crew — and as a result, we have two newly tagged snowy owls to tell you about. Selena Creed must have a thing about working holidays. She’s the wildlife biologist at Detroit Metro Airport (DTW) who caught Buckeye on Christmas Eve, allowing us to recover his … Read More
Update – Coteau
Never fails — after waiting a week for Coteau to check in, she did so just a few hours after I posted my last update today. We don’t have her interactive map up yet (that may take a couple of days) but here’s a screenshot showing how her movements overlap with those in weeks past of Medina (red) and Pearl … Read More
Coteau, and the Rest of the Crew
As we wrap up 2019 today, we have a new owl to introduce, and an update on the rest of the gang. New to the crew is Coteau, a third-year female that Matt Solensky captured Dec. 22 near Pearl Lake in western Stutsman County, North Dakota — almost the same spot where Matt tagged Pearl back in November, in fact. … Read More
Where Your Donation Goes
Earlier today I received an email from a Project SNOWstorm enthusiast who was considering a donation, but wanted to know where our donations go, especially in terms of salaries, overhead and advertising. I was happy to explain that very little of what we raise goes to overhead, to repay the staff of the Ned Smith Center for handling all of … Read More
Thank You
We know this is the time when we’re all bombarded with requests for year-end donations, and it’s easy to tune them all out. We hope, however, that if you haven’t yet made a contribution to Project SNOWstorm this season (and maybe even if you have), you’ll consider making a gift now. All donations to SNOWstorm are fully tax-deductible under U.S. … Read More
Buckeye Returns!
Sometimes Santa comes just a little bit early. On Tuesday, as my wife and I were rushing to meet her family for a Christmas Eve gathering, we got an email and an urgent message through Facebook from Selena Creed, a wildlife biologist at Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) in Michigan. She’d just caught a snowy owl on the runway — and … Read More
Yul the River-rider
Rebecca McCabe was worried. Becca — who is working on her Ph.D. at McGill University analyzing our huge trove of snowy owl movement data, and who has also become a key member of the SNOWstorm field team — was concerned that Yul had missed several check-in times in recent weeks. Yul, as you may recall, was trapped at the Montréal … Read More
New Maps Are Up!
Our technical hiccup is behind us, and the maps four our newest owls — Medina, Pearl, Yul and the late Montréal — are now posted. And as always, the maps for previously tagged owls are updating automatically as new data comes in (with a delay for the owls’ safety), so check back frequently to see what Stella, Otter, Pettibone, Woodworth … Read More
Well, Well, Well — Wells is Back
It’s been a busy week at Project SNOWstorm, with a shuffling of the deck among our tagged owls, some closure on an early loss, and the return of very familiar name. First, though, I want to acknowledge what many of you have noticed — we still don’t have maps posted for our four newest owls. That’s because of a systems … Read More