Bird watchers along Lake Huron photographed the bird, which has been nicknamed Rusty and Creamsicle. But there is no ...

The MSU scientist published a book called “Bird Coloration” with fellow ornithologist Geoffrey Hill from Auburn University. Together they previously studied the phenomenon of yellow northern cardinals ...

A dead snowy owl was found in early December on airport ... as predicted, there’s a pattern change in the next couple of weeks and we get a lot of much colder and snowier weather up north.” ...

Barrett said the last substantial sighting came in 2022, noting this year’s visit is part of a snowy owl irruption — an unpredictable migration pattern resulting from a successful breeding season.

The first global assessment of snowy owls was released in January, and reported the snowy owl population was overestimated for decades, according to Project SNOWstorm, a crowd-funded snowy owl ...

But snowy owls have a much more complex migration pattern: some stay put in the tundra ... Lininger says a Detroit-area snowy owl migration is rare but not unprecedented — there was also a ...

A study led by a Hawk Mountain Sanctuary researcher has found that the snowy owl population is much less than thought. The ...

(WLUK) -- Wildlife officials say a snowy owl found dead in southern Wisconsin ... Based on the New Glarus bird's feather patterns, it was within the first year of its life. Onlookers of snowy ...

Moreover, the owl often allowed a close approach, suggesting it may have been trying to conserve limited energy reserves.