{"id":1395,"date":"2014-12-24T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/?page_id=1395"},"modified":"2016-03-01T00:18:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T05:18:54","slug":"maps-2014-15","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/","title":{"rendered":"SNOWstorm Owls (Winter 2014-15)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- iframe plugin v.4.9 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/fusiontables\/embedviz?q=select+col17+from+16XRV9bxXxkStqc2LjSSDarUMt0aXtXEjJhmw2PU+where+col23+%3D+&#039;Yes&#039;&#038;viz=MAP&#038;h=false&#038;lat=41.91098198228502&#038;lng=-80.43776317353519&#038;t=1&#038;z=5&#038;l=col17&#038;y=2&#038;tmplt=2&#038;hml=TWO_COL_LAT_LNG\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #fc5e61;\">Red pins are females<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">blue pins are males.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>New SNOWstorm owls<\/h1>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Delaware\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/delaware\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/delaware-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/delaware\/\">Delaware<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2014<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Updated 1\/12\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This immature female was banded by Steve Huy in Delaware Seashore State Park on New Year&#8217;s Eve 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Delaware was then found at a Baltimore area airport with an injured wing on March 18, 2014. She was taken to The Maryland Zoo at Baltimore where her wing was surgically repaired, and after a summer of care at Owl Moon Raptor Center and Tri-State Bird Rescue, she was released at Assateague Island State Park in Maryland on December 11, 2014. She was\u00a0the first owl to receive a transmitter for the 2014-2015 season. A month later, after confirming that she had readjusted to the wild, she was retrapped and her transmitter removed. Her transmitter was underwritten by contributions to Project SNOWstorm. (Photo \u00a9The Maryland Zoo at Baltimore)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps%2Fdelaware%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Chaumont\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/chaumont\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/chaumont-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/chaumont\/\">Chaumont<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 4\/9\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This\u00a0adult male Snowy Owl is\u00a0nicknamed Chaumont (pronounced \u201cShaa-moe\u201d), for the small town at the extreme eastern end of Lake Ontario, just a few miles from the Canadian border, where he was captured, and where he has spent most of the winter.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo \u00a9Tom McDonald)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fchaumont%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Alma\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/alma\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/alma-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/alma\/\">Alma<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Updated 2\/15\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Alma was trapped at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, banded, tagged and relocated 84\u00a0miles (136 km) southeast to the Waterloo State Recreation Area near Chelsea, MI.\u00a0He is\u00a0an adult male, probably in his third year.<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u00a0first SNOWstorm Snowy Owl for Michigan, the result of a wide, collaborative network between researchers, a local college, several organizations, agencies and institutions in that state. And besides adding to our growing understanding of the winter ecology and movements in this species, Alma\u00a0may help us understand how to better protect snowy owls at airports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Falma%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Chippewa\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/chippewa\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/chippewa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/chippewa\/\">Chippewa<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Updated 5\/2\/15<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>This third year female was trapped near Pickford, on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, on Feb. 8, 2015, and fitted with a transmitter sponsored by Michigan Bird Conservation,\u00a0a collaboration of the Audubon Society of Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo Valley Bird Observatory\/Kalamazoo Nature Center, Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society and Michigan Audubon Society. She is one a large concentration of snowy owls on the eastern UP. \u00a0(Photo \u00a9Nova Mackentley)<\/p>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fchaumont%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Prairie Ronde\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/prairie-ronde\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/prairie_ronde-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Prairie Ronde\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/prairie-ronde\/\">Prairie Ronde<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 3\/8\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Prairie Ronde, an after-third-year\u00a0female, was trapped by USDA Wildlife Services at the MBS International Airport in Saginaw, MI, as part of their ongoing\u00a0operations to remove snowy owls from these dangerous environments. She was banded, tagged and relocated Feb. 11, 2015, to relict prairie and farmland in Prairie Ronde Township near Schoolcraft, MI.\u00a0\u00a0Her transmitter was paid for by donations to Project SNOWstorm. (Photo \u00a9Chris Neri)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fprairie-ronde%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Baltimore\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/baltimore\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/baltimore-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/baltimore\/\">Baltimore<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 4\/27\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This third year male was banded as an immature by Steve Huy after being trapped by Aphis Wildlife Services at Martin State Airport in Baltimore, Maryland on March 14, 2014. He was relocated to Middletown in Western Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore was recaptured at Martin State Airport on February 13, 2015. He was fitted with a transmitter and relocated to Assateague Island National Seashore on February 14, 2015. His first check-in came within hours of being released and, although he hadn&#8217;t traveled far, he was headed straight for Baltimore. Time will tell if his relocation keeps him out of the dangerous domain of busy airports. Baltimore&#8217;s transmitter was sponsored by the Baltimore Bird Club. (Photo \u00a9Chris Hudson)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fbaltimore%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Goose Pond\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/goose-pond\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/goose_pond-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/goose-pond\/\">Goose Pond<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Updated 4\/6\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This adult male was trapped by Gene Jacobs at Central Wisconsin Airport near Stevens Point, WI, on Feb. 13, 2015, and relocated to Madison Audubon&#8217;s\u00a0Goose Pond Sanctuary, which is part of a 550-acre restored prairie in southcentral Wisconsin that is hosting a number of other snowy owls. Goose Pond&#8217;s transmitter is generously underwritten by the Madison Audubon Society. (Photo \u00a9Richard Armstrong)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fgoose-pond%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buckeye-.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/buckeye\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buckeye-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2387,2189\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Kimberly Kaufman&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SX50 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1423999299&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.968&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Buckeye\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Buckeye (BSBO photo)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buckeye--600x550.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buckeye--1024x939.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" alignleft wp-image-1706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buckeye--200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Buckeye\" width=\"164\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buckeye--600x550.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Buckeye--1024x939.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Buckeye\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/buckeye-2\/\">Buckeye<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 4\/17\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This third-year\u00a0female\u00a0was captured\u00a0at Detroit Metropolitan Airport by USDA WIldlife Services and relocated to northwestern Ohio. She\u00a0was tagged by Mark Shieldcastle from Black Swamp Bird Observatory, and released Feb. 15, 2015, in farmland north of Oak Harbor, OH. Buckeye is part of Project SNOWstorm&#8217;s and Wildlife Services&#8217;s\u00a0efforts to learn more about the most effective methods and distances to safely relocate owls from airports. Her transmitter was generously sponsored by Black Swamp Bird Observatory and the Kirtland Bird Club. (Photo \u00a9BSBO)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fbuckeye%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Geneseo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/geneseo\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/geneseo-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/geneseo\/\">Geneseo<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 4\/6\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This adult male was trapped by Tom McDonald on Feb. 21, 2015. He is named for the town of Geneseo, close to where he was trapped, which is just to the west of New York&#8217;s Finger Lakes. (Photo \u00a9Laurie Dirkx Photography)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fgeneseo%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Orleans\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/orleans\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/orleans-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/orleans\/\">Orleans<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 4\/6\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This adult female was trapped by Tom McDonald in the small community or Orleans which is near La Fargeville, NY, on Feb. 22, 2015. (Photo \u00a9Aaron Winters)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Forleans%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Whitefish Point\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/whitefish_point\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/whitefish_point-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/whitefish_point\/\">Whitefish Point<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 4\/9\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This adult female was trapped by SNOWstorm cooperators Nova Mackentley and Chris Neri on March 5, 2015. She is the fourth snowy owl marked with a transmitter in Michigan. (Photo \u00a9Nova Mackentley)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Fwhitefish_point%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Reedsville\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/reedsville\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/reedsville-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps-2014-15\/reedsville\/\">Reedsville<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2015<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 3\/14\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This adult female was trapped by SNOWstorm cooperator Gene Jacobs on March 8, 2015. She is the second snowy owl marked with a transmitter in Wisconsin this season. (Photo \u00a9Mike Mathes, Tri-County News, Kiel, WI)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps-2014-15%2Freedsville%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Returning Owls<\/h1>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Erie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/erie\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/erie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a title=\"erie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/erie\/\">Erie<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2014<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Updated 5\/9\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Erie, an immature male, was tagged\u00a0in near\u00a0the Erie, PA, International Airport on Jan. 19, 2014, along with Millcreek. He was one of several snowy owls in the winter of 2013-14 that spent the majority of their\u00a0time well offshore, on the frozen surface of the Great Lakes \u2014 in his case, Lake Erie \u2014 making only occasional visits to land. We assume these owls were hunting waterbirds in the ever-changing network of open-water cracks between the massive plates of wind-shifted ice covering the lakes.\u00a0In spring he began moving north, first to Lake St. Clair, then up the eastern side of Lake Huron, remaining on offshore ice.\u00a0He was\u00a0the third owl to return\u00a0from our first season, reporting in from the Bruce Peninsula on January 6, 2015.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps%2Ferie%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Millcreek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/millcreek\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/millcreek-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/Millcreek\/\">Millcreek<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2014<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Updated 4\/27\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Millcreek, an immature male, was tagged\u00a0in Millcreek Township near the Erie, PA, International Airport on Jan. 19, 2014, along with Erie. He was one of several snowy owls in the winter of 2013-14 that spent the majority of their\u00a0time well offshore, on the frozen surface of the Great Lakes \u2014 in his case, Lake Erie \u2014 making only occasional visits to land. We assume these owls were hunting waterbirds in the ever-changing network of open-water cracks between the massive plates of wind-shifted ice covering the lakes. He was last detected in late April at the east end of Lake Erie, off the Buffalo waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 19, Millcreek checked in from southern Ontario &#8212; the first of the 2013-14 owls to return south to cell range. His stored data showed that he&#8217;d spent the summer on the eastern Ungava Peninsula in northern Quebec.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps%2Fmillcreek%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Braddock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/braddock\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/braddock-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/braddock\/\">Braddock<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2014<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Updated 4\/9\/15<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>&#8211; Braddock, an immature male, was tagged Jan. 25, 2014, near Rochester New York by Tom McDonald. He spent the winter largely on the frozen surface of\u00a0Lake Ontario, only occasionally coming to land, and apparently hunting for waterbirds along the ice margin. In spring he began moving northwest across Lake Ontario and up the length of Georgian Bay, then returned southeast to Lake Simcoe and Lake Ontario, before starting north again in mid-April. He was last detected April 14 in southeastern Ontario. He checked in on Feb. 1, 2015, close to Montreal, having traveled into northern Nunavut over the summer. (Photo \u00a9Tom McDonald)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps%2Fbraddock%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Century\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/century\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/century-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/century\/\">Century<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 2014<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Updated 4\/17\/15<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; This immature female was so named for being the 100th snowy owl relocated from Logan Airport in Boston in the\u00a0winter of 2013-14 by Norman Smith (who ultimately moved 120 snowy owls from Logan). Tagged March 15, 2014, she was also the largest of Smith\u2019s owls, weighing 2,627 grams \u2014 almost six pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Century was released at Plum Island National Wildlife Refuge, at the mouth of the Merrimack River in northeastern Massachusetts. She eventually began a large, circling movement south and west, through Boston, into Rhode Island and Connecticut, up the Connecticut River Valley through western Massachusetts and into eastern New York, moving back and forth between Saratoga Lake and Sacandaga Lake. Her last transmission was December 1, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>She returned on November 30, 2014 reporting her summer travels in the Ungava Peninsula through mid June.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo \u00a9Raymond MacDonald)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden; height: 80px;\" src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.projectsnowstorm.org%2Fmaps%2Fcentury%2F&amp;width&amp;layout=standard&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=true&amp;share=true&amp;height=80&amp;appId=1401150656798204\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"profile\">\n<h3><a title=\"Monocacy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/monocacy\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/snowstorm-owls\/profile-images\/monocacy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsnowstorm.org\/maps\/monocacy\/\">Monocacy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; 2014<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Updated 4\/17\/15 &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>This immature female was trapped at\u00a0Martin State Airport near Baltimore, MD and relocated March 16, 2014, to the Monocacy River watershed by Dave Brinker and Steve Huy. This is was Project SNOWstorm\u2019s\u00a022nd, and final, owl to receive a transmitter during the 2013-14 season.<\/p>\n<p>Monocacy immediately returned to inner-city Baltimore. Unlike our other\u00a0owls, whose transmitters were programmed to collect a 3D GPS location every 30 minutes, Monocacy\u2019s unit was collecting locations every 30 seconds as an experiment. Knowing this would eventually drain the battery, we sent the transmitter a command to switch back to 30 minutes, but it did not respond, and fell silent March 28, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 7, 2015, Monocacy was trapped by airport personnel at New York&#8217;s LaGuardia Airport in Queens. After a brief stay at the Raptor Trust in Millington, NJ, to check a minor wing cut, she was given a new transmitter and released on the south shore of Long Island. 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