Did you know snowy owls can live up to 32 years? Learn more tidbits and trivia about one of New England’s favorite owls. 560 snowy owls that Mass. Audubon’s Norman Smith has caught in the vicinity of Logan Airport over the past 32 years 10/22 earliest arrival of a snowy owl at Logan Airport 32 […]
Did you know snowy owls can live up to 32 years? Learn more tidbits and trivia about one of New England’s favorite owls.
560
snowy owls that Mass. Audubon’s Norman Smith has caught in the vicinity of Logan Airport over the past 32 years
10/22
earliest arrival of a snowy owl at Logan Airport
32 YEARS
maximum lifespan of a snowy owl
1000-3500
miles (round trip) snowy owls fly to and from their Arctic breeding grounds
7000
miles (round trip) flown by one snowy owl outfitted with a GPS transmitter at Logan Airport
179
owls Smith captured at or near Logan Airport in the winter of 2013–14
1700
acres: Logan Airport footprint, resembling Arctic tundra (minus the terminals and airplanes)
23
snowy owls struck by airplanes at Logan Airport 1990–2012
-81°
lowest temperature (Fahrenheit) that a snowy owl can withstand
270°
range through which a snowy owl’s neck can swivel, a quarter-turn shy of all the way around