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Piping Plover Update Week 5

Whitefish Point I hope you weren’t waiting with bated breath, because the only news I have to report is that everything is normal at Whitefish Point. But normal is great, it’s what we hope [...]

By |June 12th, 2025|Categories: Field Notes, Piping Plover|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Piping Plover Update Week 5

Piping Plover Update Week 4

Whitefish Point I’m glad to report that nesting progress at Whitefish Point is running smoothly. Each day Little Bill Bob and his mate Vie take turns incubating their nest of four, switching shifts about [...]

By |June 5th, 2025|Categories: Field Notes, Piping Plover|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Piping Plover Update Week 4

Piping Plover Update Week 3

Whitefish Point Vie has laid her fourth egg, meaning incubation has begun! In around 26 days tiny Piping Plover chicks will be running around at the Point. In the meantime Vie and Little Bill [...]

By |May 29th, 2025|Categories: Field Notes, Piping Plover|Tags: , |Comments Off on Piping Plover Update Week 3

Spring Raptor Count 5/20-5/26–Winding Down

Osprey by Sean McLaughlin In the penultimate week of hawkwatching at Whitefish Point this spring, we have finally begun to see migration slip back into low gear. Seasonal totals are nearing their [...]

By |May 28th, 2025|Categories: Migration Counts, Raptor Count|Comments Off on Spring Raptor Count 5/20-5/26–Winding Down

Spring Waterbird Count 5/13-5/19: Week 5

Hi everyone! The 5th week of the waterbird count has flown by! I probably sound like a broken record at this point, but like other weeks, it was a mixed bag of exciting days [...]

By |May 21st, 2025|Categories: Migration Counts, Waterbird Count|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Spring Waterbird Count 5/13-5/19: Week 5
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