Owl Update 7/19/2023
Well, there's no way around the fact that we had a slow week. Over the past week, we banded 19 owls, with just one night producing more than three owls. On the plus side, [...]
Piping Plover Update 7/13/23
The Piping Plover chicks at Whitefish Point are now two weeks old. All four chicks are still going strong and are looking bigger by the day! Most days, I see the chicks accompanied by [...]
Owl Update 7/12/2023
The weather this past week was a mix of cool, pleasant nights, hot, buggy nights, and some severe thunderstorms that knocked the power out for 10 hours. The owls have remained slow but steady. [...]
Owl Update 7/5/2023
We began WPBO’s 17th summer owl banding season on July 1. The main focus of the summer season is juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owls (NSWO). Before we began this research in 2006, it was believed [...]
Piping Plover Update 7/2/23
It’s been a big week for our Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point! The eggs from our nesting pair, Violet and Really Tricky, have finally hatched. Wednesday morning, I noticed movement in the nest while Violet [...]
Piping Plover Update 6/18/23
This week we had some predator activity in the Piping Plover area. On Wednesday, I found two detached wings from different birds along the shoreline near our nest. I kept an eye out but did [...]