Echo is an immature female snowy owl captured by Tom McDonald and his team at Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, NY, tagged and relocated to Jefferson Co., NY, on March 3, 2022. She was named for runway E (Echo), where she was captured. Echo’s transmitter was paid for by generous donations from the public to Project SNOWstorm.   … Read More

Britton is an immature female snowy owl, trapped at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport by Tom McDonald and his team, fitted with a transmitter and released 45 miles (70 km) southwest of the airport on Feb. 12, 2022. She is named for historic Britton Field, an early 20th century military airfield that became the Douglass Greater Rochester airport. … Read More

Roc — shorthand for Rochester, NY, where this adult female was trapped Feb. 10, 2022, at the Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport — is at least six years old based on flight feather molt. She was captured by a team led by Tom McDonald and Melissa Mance-Coniglio, fitted with a GPS/GSM transmitter and relocated to near Seneca Lake in … Read More

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

Seneca is an adult male in at least his fifth calendar year, tagged Feb. 22, 2019, by Tom McDonald in Seneca Township, NY. He is the second owl, after Otter, fitted with a hybrid GSM (cellular) and Argos (satellite) transmitter, which will allow us to monitor his movements year-round. His transmitter was paid for by generous donors to Project SNOWstorm. … Read More

An juvenile female, Sterling was caught Nov. 26, 2017, by Tom McDonald and Melissa Mance Coniglio at Fair Haven Beach on Little Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario, just north of the town of Sterling, NY. Her transmitter was underwritten by generous donations by the public to Project SNOWstorm. Latest Updates

This juvenile female was tagged Nov. 24, 2017, by Tom McDonald at Braddock Bay, just west of Rochester, NY. Her transmitter was underwritten by generous donations by the public to Project SNOWstorm. Latest Updates

Favret (“fav-RAY”) is an adult female tagged Feb. 27, 2017, by Tom McDonald near Favret Road on Cape Vincent, New York — a high, largely treeless area of farmland that is traditionally an important wintering area for snowy owls at the eastern end of Lake Ontario. After spending the winter in this area, she migrated north and was last detected … Read More

Oswego was our first tagged owl of 2017, caught by Tom McDonald on Jan. 19 at Oswego Harbor in upstate New York, along the southeastern shore of Lake Ontario. This juvenile female weighed in at a very healthy 2,121 grams (4.7 pounds) when she was banded on January 19th and spent the winter and early spring around eastern Lake Ontario. … Read More