Rescue Attempt

by | Nov 23, 2011 | Raptor Center

Seems like the winter of 2011-12 will experience an invasion of Snowy Owls. A recent map created by Jesse Ellis, Post-doctoral Researcher, Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin – Madison shows sightings of Snowy Owls across the upper Midwest just in the last 3-4...

#795–Snowy Owl

by | Nov 20, 2011 | Personal

At 1:00pm today, I rec’d an email that stated: Subject: Snowy Owl in North Saint Paul From: Abrahm Simons Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 12:14:47 -0600 I was just out taking a walk in the North Saint Paul Urban Ecology Center (north of County Rd B and to the west of the...

Flying a Snowy Owl

by | Jan 29, 2011 | Raptor Center

I had the great fortune of flying a Snowy Owl last week for the Raptor Center.This female bird was from the Duluth region and will be returned to her area as soon as she is strong enough.  More pictures

1st Eagle Release

by | Jan 5, 2010 | Raptor Center

Today was a very special day.. even better than all my other special days.  It started with a up close and personal view of a Northern Hawk Owl.  A bird of northern Canadian boreal forests, the Northern Hawk Owl is distinctive among owls for its morphology and...