DFO Presents: Nov 24 Scott Weidensaul: Caught in the SNOWstorm

[David Suddjian]

Register now  for the Denver Field Ornithologists' program via Zoom on Monday, November 24 at 7:00 pm: Caught in the SNOWstorm, presented by Scott Weidensaul.  

The winter of 2013-14 saw the largest irruption of Snowy Owls into the eastern United States in perhaps a century. That invasion marked an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about these mysterious hunters of the Arctic. Out of that event and frantic weeks of organizing as the irruption unfolded came Project SNOWstorm, a collaborative research effort focused on this huge but underknown raptor of the North. Author, researcher and SNOWstorm co-founder Scott Weidensaul will share the project’s story — how a huge,collaborative research effort focused on snowy owls came together so quickly. Funded

with the help of people from around the globe, it has since grown into the largest and most comprehensive study of Snowy Owls in the world.  

More than 40 scientists, bird banders and wildlife veterinarians have volunteered their time and efforts. Using sophisticated satellite transmitters, they have tracked more than 110 Snowy Owls from Alaska and the Dakotas to the Great Lakes, Northeast US and beyond. The project also consults with airports and airfields to prevent airplane-owl strikes, even relocating some birds to more secure spots 

Weidensaul has written nearly 30 books on natural history, including the Pulitzer Prize finalist Living on the Wind. A fellow of the American Ornithological Society, he is a contributing editor for Audubon magazine and writes for a variety publications, including the birding bimonthly BWD and the Cornell Lab’s Living Bird quarterly. Based in New Hampshire, Weidensaul is an active field researcher, studying Northern Saw-whet Owl migration for nearly 30 years,
winter hummingbirds in the East and bird migration in Alaska.

David Suddjian

Littleton, CO

Denver Field Ornithologists

Communications and Outreach