SFOC Annual Meeting & Lecture

Saturday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m.

Sharon Friends of Conservation invites all to a Snowy Owl  presentation at the Sharon Unitarian Church (4 North Main St.) 

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         The  presentation on snowy owls by Audubon expert  Norman Smith is most timely. This year Massachusetts has experienced a record surge in snowy owl sightings.

    Norm has studied birds of prey for over 35 years,  rehabilitated injured birds, and  fostered over 1,000 orphaned hawk and owl chicks into adoptive nests. His  long-term projects include trapping and banding migrating hawks and owls in the Blue Hills Reservation, banding nestling hawks and owls, and doing research on snowy owls and other raptors wintering at Boston's Logan International Airport. He has also traveled to Alaska to study snowy owls in their native tundra habitat. His research work has been published in National Geographic and National Wildlife .He is a self-taught naturalist who has worked for the Massachusetts Audubon Society since 1974. His current position is Director of Blue Hills Trailside Museum and the Norman   Smith Environmental Education Center in Milton, Massachusetts.