Embléme

Embléme (so named because the snowy owl is the official provincial bird of Québec) is a first-winter female trapped Jan. 11, 2026, at the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport by Falcon Environment for relocation for her safety. She was fitted with a transmitter by Dr. Guy Fitzgérald of the University of Montréal and Union quebecoise de rehabilitation des oiseaux de proie (UQROP), … Read More

Toronto

Toronto is a four-year-old female originally caught as a first-winter owl in March 2022 at the Detroit (MI) Metro Airport, banded and relocated. In March 2025, she collided with a balcony window in Toronto, ON, suffering some minor injuries. After treatment at the Toronto Wildlife Centre she was fitted with a special, lightweight 30g transmitter by SNOWstorm bander Charlotte England, … Read More

Carden

Carden is a second year female, tagged Jan. 31, 2025, near the Carden Alvar, 150km NNE of Toronto, ON, by Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. Carden’s transmitter was paid for by generous donations from the public to Project SNOWstorm.     Latest Updates

Jolene

Jolene was a second year female, tagged Jan. 26, 2025, near Atwood, ON, by Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. Atwood’s transmitter was paid for by generous donations from the public to Project SNOWstorm. She wintered in the Atwood area, moving north in April 2025, but disappeared in dense forest on the Bruce Peninsula, where her remains and transmitter were located … Read More

Atwood

Atwood is an adult female at least four years old, tagged Feb. 25, 2024, near Atwood, ON, by Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. Atwood’s transmitter was paid for by generous donations from the public to Project SNOWstorm. Because of unusual photographer activity in Atwood’s area, and out of an abundance of caution, we initially did not publish her tracking map, … Read More

Newton

Newton is an after-fourth-year adult male snowy owl, tagged Jan. 11, 2023, near the village of Newton, ON, by banders Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. He migrated north in March 2023, summering in the Ungava Peninsula of Québec where it appears he nested. He remained in the north until early January 2024, when he moved more than 1,300 km (800 … Read More

Huron

Huron is an after-third-year adult female snowy owl, tagged on Jan. 7, 2023, on the shores of Lake Huron near Point Clark, Ontario, by Charlotte England and Malcolm Wilson. Huron’s transmitter was paid for by generous contributions from the public to Project SNOWstorm.   Latest Updates

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

Stella

This female was captured by a four-person SNOWstorm team Jan. 15, 2018, on the south shore of Amherst Island, Ontario, at the northeastern end of Lake Ontario. She was part of an ongoing study to determine the extent to which 27 large wind turbines, being installed on Amherst, impact the movements of wintering snowy owls there. At the time she … Read More