Snowy Owl Telemetry Research Project

Maps of Transmitter Locations

Each of these maps show the movement of 1 or more Snowy Owls:

• Feb 17 - Nov 4, 2009: This owl ended up on the very western tip of Baffin Island at the end of June, and stayed in that area until September 8, when she moved east about 160 km from her summer location. She has now moved south approximately 700 km into northern Quebec.
  Detailed Summer map
  Detailed Fall map.
  
  
• Mar 21 - Sep 25, 2009: This owl flew several hundred miles north of Québec City, but by mid-July, the transmitter was no longer showing movement.
  
  
• Feb 5 - Aug 13, 2006: One of these owls' tracks ended on May 27 near the Robert-Bourassa Reservoir in Québec Province; the other flew to the very northernmost point of Québec Province and spent the summer.
  
  
• Jan 18, 2002 - Aug 2, 2003: This map tracks 3 owls; one spends the summer flying around northern Québec Province, then winters along the St. Lawrence; one stops moving on June 22, 2002 after flying to Baffin Island. The third showed no movement after May 25, 2002, when it was about halfway between Québec City and the Hudson Strait.
  
  
• Mar 25, 2001 - Dec 4, 2002: This map tracks 5 owls, who migrate between Massachusetts, the St. Lawrence, Québec, Newfoundland and Baffin Island.Two stop transmitting over the summer of 2001.