Snowy Owl relocation

MSnowy · Feb 7, 2016

I took a detour on my way to the grocery store this evening and came upon Norman Smith relocating a Snowy Owl. Snowy Owl Project

jcdeboever · Feb 7, 2016

That is real special. Thank you for sharing.

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Didereaux · Feb 7, 2016

If he had the least decency he would have released it somewhere near me!

...excellent series of photos btw KUDOS! That 3rd one should be nominated for the Feb Photo of the Month

John Hunt · Feb 8, 2016

Very nice set!

baturn · Feb 8, 2016

Great set!

MSnowy · Feb 8, 2016

jcdeboever said:
That is real special. Thank you for sharing.

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John Hunt said:
Very nice set!

Thanks

MSnowy · Feb 8, 2016

baturn said:
Great set!

Thanks

pjaye · Feb 8, 2016

Wow. What a great set of shots!

MSnowy · Feb 8, 2016

Didereaux said:
If he had the least decency he would have released it somewhere near me!

...excellent series of photos btw KUDOS! That 3rd one should be nominated for the Feb Photo of the Month

Thanks.If I see him again I'll tell him to point the Snowy in your direction.

MSnowy · Feb 8, 2016

symplybarb said:
Wow. What a great set of shots!

Thanks

xDarek · Feb 8, 2016

Nice set! These pics are so good and the send me a good feeling.Good Job!

WesternGuy · Feb 8, 2016

Great set of documentary photos. I remember reading about this a few years ago and I was impressed at the time because, as far as I know, Logan is one of the few airports that does this - band and relocate Snowies. There are other airports that have this problem and the birds have died from encounters with planes. Places like Toronto and Windsor, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, LaGuardia, JFK all have similar problems. A lot of them are beginning to follow Logan's example and relocate them and that is working as there are very few returns. Snowy owl 'epidemic' sweeps across Ontario.

One theory is that the areas around the airports resemble the tundra that they live on in the summer as it is flat and has no trees. These types of areas are good for hunting, but not good for conflicts with airplanes.

WesternGuy

LarryLomona · Feb 8, 2016

Wow! Incredible!

MSnowy · Feb 8, 2016

xDarek said:
Nice set! These pics are so good and the send me a good feeling.Good Job!

Thanks

MSnowy · Feb 8, 2016

WesternGuy said:
Great set of documentary photos. I remember reading about this a few years ago and I was impressed at the time because, as far as I know, Logan is one of the few airports that does this - band and relocate Snowies. There are other airports that have this problem and the birds have died from encounters with planes. Places like Toronto and Windsor, Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, LaGuardia, JFK all have similar problems. A lot of them are beginning to follow Logan's example and relocate them and that is working as there are very few returns. Snowy owl 'epidemic' sweeps across Ontario.

One theory is that the areas around the airports resemble the tundra that they live on in the summer as it is flat and has no trees. These types of areas are good for hunting, but not good for conflicts with airplanes.

WesternGuy

Thanks. I've been following Norman's work at Logan for 4 years now. The last few years he has saved 100's of Snowys from there.