Could we be in for another Snowy Owl irruption? There have been numerous sightings of Snowy Owls throughout the Northeast including many in Massachusetts. The BBC Conservation/Education committee has made a donation to MA Audubon’s Snowy Owl Project run by Norman Smith since 1981. Norman Smith, Director of Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum, has been studying Snowy Owls since 1981. As part of his research, he attaches bands and transmitters to Snowy Owls at Boston Logan International Airport, and then tracks their travels.
MA Audubon is a partner of Project SNOWstorm which is a collaboration between dozens of scientists and organizations. It was formed in the wake of the historic Snowy Owl irruption of 2013-14, and continues to expand their study of the ecology of wintering Snowy Owls. Cooperating researchers capture and place a solar powered transmitter on the owl using kind of a backpack harness. The researcher’s are then able to track the movements of these birds.
Come join the BBC on one of our many walks this winter. Who knows, maybe there will be a Snowy Owl sighting!
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Fresh Pond, Cambridge (RESCHEDULED to October 3 due to wind and rain
Cambridge - Fresh Pond - TD Bank 235 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThis walk has been rescheduled to October 3 due to wind and rain.
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Rock Meadow, Belmont (CANCELLED due to wind and rain)
Belmont - Rock Meadow 300 Mill St, Belmont, MA, United StatesCANCELLED due to wind and rain. Come join us for a walk at scenic Rock Meadow and Beaver Brook North, home of open fields, wetlands, ample woods and edge habitat, and public gardens which attract a wide variety of migrating song birds. Hiking is relatively easy, and should be a bit under two miles total [...]
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Fresh Pond, Cambridge – RESCHEDULED to October 3 due to wind and rain
Cambridge - Fresh Pond - TD Bank 235 Alewife Brook Pkwy, Cambridge, MA, United StatesRESCHEDULED to October 3 due to wind and rain.
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Arlington Reservoir (CANCELLED due to rain and wind)
Lexington - Arlington Reservoir 210 Lowell Street, Arlington, MA, United StatesCANCELLED due to wind and rain.
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation CANCELLED due to wind and rain
Winthrop - Belle Isle March and Marine Ecology Park Banks Street, Winthrop, MA, United StatesCANCELLED due to wind and rain.