Owl Research Institute

The 2017 Roost is finally here! Click on the cover to view the newsletter in its entirety! Hope you enjoy. :)

Explore.org came to the Owl Research Institute this week - joining us in the field to experience owl research first-hand, and to film this process in action. Courtney Johnson and Rick Ring, film and social media experts from explore, spent time at the Owl Research Institute field station and joined us for two full days on the Long-eared Owl project. They participated in every bit of the process - from driving the owls through the wooded draws, to holding and assessing the owl

Another live stream video from explore.org - Denver is able to share the research process with thousands of viewers from around the world.

Explore.org video footage of Denver releasing a Long-eared Owl after data collection and banding. Explore live streamed videos from the field onto their Instagram and Facebook pages - thousands of viewers tuned into watch! It is incredible what reach social media has - we were literally blown away!

For the past five years, the Owl Research Institute and explore.org, the world's leading philanthropic live nature cam network and documentary film channel, have been building a fantastic partnership. It is a partnership that brings you all the LiveCam coverage of Montana's Great Horned Owl, Great Gray Owl, Long-Eared Owl, and Charlo Osprey nests. These nest cams, which continue infrared footage throughout the night, have mesmerized viewers from around the world, and provide

The Snowy Owls are here! Well, at least one Snowy Owl is here! The Owl Research Institute received report of a Snowy Owl spotted in Montana's Mission Valley on November 9th. The owl was seen in a ranchers field and believed to be a female. Although we have received reports of migrating Snowy Owls seen in British Columbia, this is the first local report of the year. Each year, the Owl Research Institute receives hundreds of tips and updates from locals, farmers and ranchers in

The Owl Research Institute is honored to receive a grant award from the prestigious Charlotte Martin Foundation to begin a new project, Identifying Climate Change on Arctic Ecosystems in Barrow, Alaska as revealed through Snowy Owl to Lemming Population analysis. The Charlotte Martin Foundation, based out of Seattle, Washington, selects grant recipients from a highly competitive field. The Foundation seeks to "support the resilience of our vital ecosystems by promoting biodiv

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We are proud to announce Owl Research Institute coverage in a recent book on birds. Jim Robbins, a noted science writer and frequent contributor to the New York Times Science, Audubon, Smithsonian, Scientific America, Vanity Fair, and The Sunday Times Magazine, among others, has published his fifth book: “The Wonder of Birds: What they Tell Us About Ourselves, the World, and a Better Future." In Chapter 17, The Transformational Power of Birds, Jim highlights the Owl Research

Yesterday morning, with the incredible help of Kim and Kim Koenig at Mission Valley Printing in Ronan, Montana, we made final edits to our 2017 Owl Research Institute Newsletter, The Roost! It is a huge project but, in seeing that final proof, always worth it! This year, The Roost is packed with project updates, species information, ORI news and happenings, T-Shirts for sale, and, of course, lots of beautiful owl photos! Above is a sneak peak of this years' Great Gray Owl cov