WILLIAMSBURG, MI – A rehabilitated snowy owl will be released to its natural habitat on Saturday after two months with a Northern Michigan raptor center. Rescued on Nov. 26 near Acme and Elk ...

Snowy owls are an irruptive species, meaning their migration numbers can fluctuate year to year. In 2013-14, there was an irruption around the Great Lakes and Northeast. Some of the owls were ...

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.

A resurgence of the avian bird flu recently killed an estimated 5,000 snow geese in Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania.