{"id":3043,"date":"2013-12-10T13:36:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T18:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=3043"},"modified":"2013-12-11T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T20:41:42","slug":"snowy-owls-airports-how-you-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/snowy-owls-airports-how-you-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowy Owls & Airports: How You Can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NormanSmithSnowyOwl\"There has been a lot of news coverage in regards to snowy owls at airports, highlighting the fact that Norman Smith (of Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum) has been\u00a0safely trapping and releasing snowy owls<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at Boston Logan Airport for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n

Norman was featured on\u00a0CBS Boston<\/a><\/strong>, the\u00a0Today Show<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0NY Daily News<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0Boston Magazine<\/a><\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n

You can help support Norman Smith’s work by making a donation to the Snowy Owl Project<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Read more about this year’s snowy owl irruption in our Snowy Owl Update<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There has been a lot of news coverage in regards to snowy owls at airports, highlighting the fact that Norman Smith (of Mass Audubon’s Blue Hills Trailside Museum) has been\u00a0safely trapping and releasing snowy owls\u00a0at Boston Logan Airport for more than 30 years. Norman was featured on\u00a0CBS Boston, the\u00a0Today Show,\u00a0NY Daily News,\u00a0Boston Magazine, among others. 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And no one knows this better than Norman Smith, snowy owl expert and sanctuary directory of Mass Audubon's Blue Hills Trailside Museum in Milton. For more than 30 years, Smith has been trapping snowy owls at Boston's Logan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Project Updates"","block_context":{"text":"Project Updates","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/project-updates\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.massaudubon.org\/var\/ezdemo_site\/storage\/images\/media\/departments\/lww\/birds\/snowy-owl-quick-guide\/170305-1-eng-US\/snowy-owl-quick-guide.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3016,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/snowy-owl-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":3043,"position":1},"title":"Snowy Owl Update","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"December 7, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Currently New England is hosting a major incursion of snowy owls, many of which will likely spend the winter in our area. 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Snowy Owls have arrived from their breeding grounds in the Arctic and can be spotted at Plum Island, Duxbury Beach, and other open, treeless areas near the coast through March\u2014if you make the trip to see Snowy Owls this winter, please protect these beautiful raptors by viewing them\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Take 5"","block_context":{"text":"Take 5","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/take-5\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Snowy Owl \u00a9 Paul Malenfant","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/3843Paul_Malenfant28380.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/3843Paul_Malenfant28380.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/3843Paul_Malenfant28380.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/11\/3843Paul_Malenfant28380.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10464,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/releasing-snowy-owl-no-26\/","url_meta":{"origin":3043,"position":3},"title":"Releasing Snowy Owl no. 26","author":"Hillary T.","date":"February 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"On Monday, January 29, Norman Smith (director at Blue Hills Trailside Museum) carefully captured a snowy owl at Logan Airport (for the safety of the owl and the planes). 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