Tracking a Snowy Owl

We Followed a Snowy Owl from Maryland to Ontario

               by Adam Cole

May 25, 2016

 

…Brinker and fellow bird biologist Scott Weidensaul knew if they could follow the movements of these wide-ranging owls as the birds returned to the frozen north, the scientists could learn a lot about their hunting patterns, breeding behavior and migration routes. So the two men launched Project Snowstorn.

They trapped visiting owls and fitted them with solar-powered GPS transmitters. http://www.npr.org/2016/05/24/479223874/we-followed-a-snowy-owl-from-maryland-to-ontario

Video entitled Secrets of the Snowy Owl: http://www.npr.org/2016/05/24/479223874/we-followed-a-snowy-owl-from-maryland-to-ontario

Backup link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/snowy-owl-migration_us_57460d60e4b03ede4413b84e