Saturday, January 24, 2009

Snowy Owl Released into the Wild at Bentheim Elementary




Friday afternoon was an exciting time for kids at Bentheim when the Outdoor Discovery Center released a snowy owl back into the wild. WWMT from Kalamazoo did this story on the release.




Fox 17 was on hand and had this video on its 10 PM newscast.


The Grand Rapids Press had this to say about the big event. Link Picture above is from GR Press.

40 comments:

  1. Anonymous3:12 PM

    We learned that snowyOwls eat lemmings.It also landed on a house. It also glided.

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  2. Anonymous3:18 PM

    I learn snowy owl eat something call a lemming.It landed on a house. It was found in a barn last November.

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  3. Anonymous3:18 PM

    I learned that snowy owls eat lemming . It also landed on a roof. And it also glided.

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  4. Anonymous3:19 PM

    I learned that it flew 1000 miles. It was not very scared in front of lots of people. It lived in the arctic circle.

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  5. Anonymous3:20 PM

    I learned that the snowy owl came from the Arctic circle.The owl eats mice.He could fly that far.

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  6. Anonymous3:21 PM

    I learned that the snowy owl is not extinct. The snowy owl is very cool.we watch them release it and was fun

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  7. Anonymous3:21 PM

    The snowy owl was found in Fennville. The owl lost pounds. We counted off like 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0 and off the owl went.

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  8. Anonymous3:21 PM

    The snowy owl flew all the way from the Arctic Circle.The owl was found in a barn looking for food.The owl flew all the way to MI with empty stomach.

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  9. Anonymous3:22 PM

    I learned that it almost died.I learned that it was looking for food.I learned that they found it in a barn.

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  10. Anonymous3:22 PM

    I learned that it lived in the arctic circle. I never knew that on owl could fly that high. I never knew an owl die over food.

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  11. Anonymous3:22 PM

    I learned the snowy owl had No food to eat.it woold die without to live.they put in the Outdoor Discovery Center.

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  12. Anonymous3:22 PM

    I learned that the snowy owl eats rodents.It lives in the Arctic circle .Its all white with black spots.

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  13. Anonymous3:23 PM

    I leaned that the snowy owl eats a special kind of mice. The snowy lives in the Arctic Circle too.

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  14. Anonymous3:23 PM

    I learned that snowy owls
    hunt at day time. snowy owl's
    eat lemming. I also learned
    that they have a wing spand of
    8 feet.

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  15. Anonymous3:23 PM

    They're rare. He had a lot of mites.He
    used to live in the Arctic Circle.

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  16. Anonymous3:24 PM

    I learned that owls can fly from the arctic circle all the way to Michigan I also learned that they eat lemmings.

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  17. Anonymous3:24 PM

    I learned the snowy owl lives in the Arctic Circle. They had it at our school and we got to watch it.

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  18. Anonymous3:25 PM

    I never knew owls ate lemmings before.

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  19. Anonymous3:25 PM

    I learned that the snow owl is a morning creature. I learned that it is a cool owl. I even learned that it lives in the arctic.

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  20. Anonymous3:26 PM

    I learned that a snowy owl was in this barn. I think it lost 2 pounds and that it is white and black.

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  21. Anonymous3:18 PM

    He lives in the Arctic Circle.Hes not nocturnal.

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  22. Anonymous3:20 PM

    Snowy owls eat lemmings snowy owls are day creatures.

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  23. Anonymous3:21 PM

    The snowy owl eats in the day.
    It eats lemmings. It lives in
    the Arctic circle.

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  24. Anonymous3:21 PM

    The snow owl made it to michigan. He didn't have any food.

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  25. Anonymous3:22 PM

    It hunt's at day time and eats lemmings. It can blend in with trees.

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  26. Anonymous3:22 PM

    I never knew a snowy owl had spots on it.I had never seen a snowy owl before last friday

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  27. Anonymous3:22 PM

    A snowy owl is a day creature.A snowy owl eats lemmings

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  28. Anonymous3:23 PM

    I learn that a female has a lot of black spots.A male dosen't have any spots.

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  29. Anonymous3:24 PM

    Snowy owls can fly so fast.They are a day creature.They eat lemmings.

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  30. Anonymous3:24 PM

    I lerned that a snwy owl is a day time creacher a snowy owl lives in the artic circl.

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  31. Anonymous3:24 PM

    I learned that a female owl is whiter than a male. And owl eats lemmings.

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  32. Anonymous3:24 PM

    It lives in the Artic Circle. It is a snowy owl.It eats lemmings.

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  33. Anonymous3:24 PM

    I think the snowy owl cute.I liked watching the snowy owl fly away.

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  34. Anonymous3:25 PM

    I learned that a snowy owl can live in the Arctic Circle and it eats lemminass . It lives for a long time.

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  35. Anonymous3:25 PM

    The snowy owl couldn't find food to eat. So the snowy owl so he came to Michigan.

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  36. Anonymous3:26 PM

    The snowy owl flew to Michigan
    because it did not have enough food in the Arctic.The snowy owl is not nocturnal.It is a day creature.

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  37. Anonymous3:26 PM

    A snowy owl eats lemmings. The snowy owl flew from the Arctic circle to michigan

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  38. Anonymous3:29 PM

    We helped the snowy owl get released. They eat lemmings and we helped the snow owl get released to the Artic Circle.

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  39. Anonymous3:29 PM

    It was in a barn. The outdoors nature center found him and did;nt have any food. They decided to let the snowy owl at our school and it was awesome!

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  40. Anonymous3:32 PM

    I love Snowy owls because they can blend in with the snow.I mostly like their black and white spots.

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