Michigan Snowy Owl Tours

04/10/2026

Hi everyone. Although there are still a few snowy owls hanging around, the 2025-2026 tour season is wrapping up.

And what a season it was! I was thrilled to host 42 tours this winter. Of those 42 tours, we saw at least one snowy owl on 41 of them and averaged three snowy owls per tour, with as many as 10 on a few occasions.

I want to thank each and every one of my tour guests for giving me the opportunity to help them find snowy owls. You are the best part of this business!

Now that spring is finally here, my attention turns to another rare Michigan bird, the Kirtland's warbler, and I look forward to sharing pics with you on this page soon. But I'm already looking forward to winter (can't believe I just typed that) and the start of the next snowy owl tour season!

In closing, I leave you with a few pics taken by Snowy Owl Tour guests this season. Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed helping people find them.

03/14/2026

A great day for a snowy owl tour! Sandwiched between storms we were rewarded with a snowy owl and a bonus short-eared owl!

03/10/2026

A not-so-subtle change is occurring in the thumb. We're still seeing the occasional snowy owl (like this handsome guy seen on yesterday's tour) but waterfowl are starting to take center stage at Fish Point Wildlife Area.

03/06/2026

Snow buntings have become less abundant but can still be seen.

03/06/2026

Well, well, well... just when I thought the snowy owls were on their way out, we see five of them in three hours. Here's pics of three pole-sitters.

03/01/2026

Hi everyone. Sorry for the delay in posting. Tours are keeping me very busy these days!

I did want to share these beautiful pics taken by tour guest Doreen on a tour last week.

Snowy owls are still plentiful in the thumb - we saw 7 of them on a tour two days ago and four in just two hours of searching yesterday. We have tours today and tomorrow and the weather looks good so I'm hopeful we'll see more like this.

02/22/2026

Hi everyone. Check out my interview with Devon Pope on her Birders Unfiltered YouTube channel.

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02/22/2026

Here's a couple pics of some of the snowy owls we've spotted during tours the last couple of days.

02/20/2026

Beautiful adult male!

02/18/2026

Bizarre weather in the thumb yesterday. The ground was steaming

02/18/2026

Hi everyone. Here's a few pics from this week's tours. Over the last four days we've seen a total 28 snowy owls!