Join us for this online event to learn about Project SOAR (Snowy Owl Airport Rescue), whose mission is to capture and relocate Snowy Owls and other raptors that are posing hazards at small local airports in northeastern Wisconsin. Project SOAR is co-coordinated by Erin Giese, Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society, and Janet Wissink, Winnebago Audubon Society, in collaboration with Lead Falconer Frank Ujazdowski. They will share with attendees the biology and ecology of Snowy Owls; why these owls use airports; how Snowy Owls and other raptors are captured and relocated; and our collaboration with Project SNOWstorm which tracks Snowies using GPS transmitters. They will also highlight the main bird captures for this project since its inception in the winter of 2017-2018.

Register for the Zoom meeting here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdumpqTkiE9GZdXob6gGpTFpeL_vDpoaw

Janet Wissink is a charter member of Winnebago Audubon Society.  She has served on its board since 1983 and is currently President and newsletter editor. In retirement, Janet enjoys bird watching, camp hosting at Hartman Creek State Park, and spending time at her family's cabin.  She has had the privilege of being involved with Project SOAR since its inception and says it has been an amazing and rewarding experience. 

Since 2011, Erin Giese has worked at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Cofrin Center for Biodiversity on bird and wildlife-related projects throughout the Great Lakes region. She is currently the regional director for National Audubon Society’s Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Region and sits on the Board of Directors. She is currently president of the Northeastern Wisconsin Audubon Society and adviser to the Green Bay Audubon Student Conservation Chapter at UW-Green Bay. Erin is passionate about family, birds, nature, wildlife, conservation, and world travel. She is also striving to bring equity, diversity, and inclusion to the forefront of all aspects of her life.