Hello everyone! Things have certainly picked up at the hawk deck. The last two days have been fantastic. Yesterday (April 15th), we counted over 1,000 raptors, with the vast majority (826) being Sharp-shinned Hawks. Sharp-shinned Hawk flying over the hawk deck. 4/16/16. Photo by Ted Keyel We also had a big push of [...]
It was a good day on the hawk deck yesterday (4/14), though as it turned out, it was a merely a warm-up to the Ides of April where everything that happened on the 14th, happened again, only with more! Sharp-shinned Hawk by Skye Haas The 13th we hit double digit Sharp-shinned Hawks with [...]
Before we jump into the owls, we want to give a quick mention of what has been going on at WPBO. After the announcement at last year's Spring Fling that Michigan Audubon Society (MAS) would be taking over operations at WPBO this transition became a regular topic of conversation at the Point. The departure of [...]
Hello everyone! Our first bird of the season, an adult Bald Eagle. 3/15/16. Photo by: Ted Keyel The 2016 Spring Hawkwatching season has commenced. We began the count on a fairly warm March 15th, and the first raptor counted was an adult Bald Eagle. An interesting start to the day as the fog [...]
Sightings report for March 15th-April 10th Golden Eagle by Ted Keyel Greetings! Thank you for your patience as we prepared this new website, but now that we are up and running, let the bird sightings pour forth! It’s been quite the ride weather-wise this season, two days before the start of the count [...]
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