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CITY OF HOUSTON: Virtual Owl Expert Speaker Series: Hedwig, the Snowy Owl that Lived

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City Of Houston recently issued the following announcement.

Join Dr. Roar Solheim live from Norway to hear about the story of a very unlucky wild female Snowy Owl named Hedwig he managed to save in 2011, and discover what she revealed after being released with a satellite transmitter. You’ll find out more about the life of Snowy Owls in general, as well as what Roar and his colleagues have learned about them in Scandinavia and Russia.

Roar Solheim started studying owls over 50 years ago when he took an interest in Pygmy Owls caching food in nest boxes. He earned his PhD in 2019 studying molt stage, wing bar patterns and digital photography as tools for assessing age distribution and recognizing individual Great Grey and Snowy Owls. He has also published papers on Pygmy Owls, Boreal Owls, Ural Owls, and Tawny Owls. He is an excellent photographer, an animated speaker, and has a well-developed talent for imitating the calls of owls and other animals. He is a Senior Curator of Zoology at Agder Natural History Museum in Kristiansand, Norway.

Free, but you must register to attend: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hr1ifD5uS0uLY59z_jvSSQ

Sponsored by Karla Bloem's Facebook birthday fundraiser (Karen Ryan, Dale & Sue Scobie, Rachel Hellyer, Cherie McCollough, Marilyn & Karl Sylling, Julie Brommerich, Carol Hanson)

Original source can be found here.

Source: City Of Houston

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