Mid-April Raptors
Hello everyone! Sharp-shinned Hawk, Photo by Ted Keyel After a few days with warm weather, south winds and some great flights, things have quieted down a little. That said, Sharp-shinned Hawks continue to [...]
Loon numbers looking up!
This weekend saw an increase in the numbers of both Common and Red-throated Loons at Whitefish Point. On Saturday, April 23, a few lucky visitors witnessed a flock of three Red-throated Loons fly right over the [...]
Sighting Report for Whitefish Point Apr 11-22, 2016
Here is the sightings report for the period of April 11-22. After all migration was completely halted due to winter-like conditions for the first half of April, a powerful warm front finally got birds [...]
Owl Update 4/22
Things have been going pretty well recently. As we mentioned in our first post, the first 11 nights in April were pretty brutal due to the return of winter conditions and we banded just two [...]
Crazy Crane flights
The first several days of the waterbird count coincided with the biggest Sandhill Crane flights ever recorded at Whitefish Point. After a plague of bad weather that lasted for over two weeks, the cranes took [...]
Start of the Waterbird Count!
April 15th marked the beginning of the Waterbird Count for the 2016 Spring Season. The first birds recorded at day-break were three hen Hooded Mergansers, a species actually not recorded that frequently on this count. [...]