It’s always a little thrill when the cell phone vibrates and the text messages start coming in: “CTT Data Update: Unit #27236551 (Salisbury 4Y Male) has checked in.” And then another, and another, until we have the weekly report from our far-flung tribe. The three amigos (well, two amigos and an amiga) were back together on Amherst Island this past … Read More
Weekend Update: Jan. 30
It was a pretty quiet week for our tagged owls — though one of them was courting danger, briefly back at an airport we’d really hoped he would avoid. We’ll start with Flanders, who remained on the north shore of Lake Ontario, having ambled back southeast of Napanee, Ontario, to the farmland around Hawley, just a few kilometers from the lakeshore. After … Read More
Three’s a Crowd?
Most winters, Amherst Island is one of the best places to find snowy owls, and that’s certainly the case this year — especially if you’re looking for a snowy owl with a Project SNOWstorm transmitter. Two of our owls, Flanders and Baltimore, have been on Amherst for the past month or so. And although Flanders moved off the island last … Read More
Salisbury Hits the Beach
Our newest tagged owl is Salisbury, captured at Logan Airport in Boston by the indefatigable Norman Smith from Mass Audubon, tagged and released yesterday at Salisbury Beach State Reservation near Newburyport, Mass. It was the 17th snowy Norman has moved from the airport this winter, with the cooperation of Logan Airport Wildlife Services. Salisbury is an adult male with a history, which will … Read More
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