Raptor Count Week 11 Update (5.21–5.27)
The 2024 WPBO Raptor Count is drawing to an end. Although the last day of count is May 31, the four remaining days are unlikely to change the overall picture as the hawk flight [...]
Piping Plover Week 2 Update
Life has been moving slowly at Whitefish Point for the Piping Plovers, but that’s nothing to complain about. That was how I intended to start this update until Friday afternoon. My days would start [...]
Waterbird Count Week 6 Update (5/16-5/22)
It's been an exciting week at the Point, with many of our later migrants starting to hit hard and many of our irregular migrants starting to show up. Our second wave of Canada Geese [...]
Owl Update 5-22-2024
It was another week of productive nights. We banded 92 more owls: 81 Northern Saw-whet Owls, 10 Long-eared Owls, and one Barred Owl. We're happy that the Long-eared Owls have yet to stop migrating entirely [...]
Raptor Count Week 10 Update (5.14–5.20)
The tip of Whitefish Point was enveloped in heavy fog for most of May 17 and 18. The morning of May 17 was bright and sunny, and a large kettle of Broad-winged Hawks began [...]
Piping Plover Week 1 Update
The Great Lakes Piping Plovers are starting to return to Whitefish Point. The first three days of my surveying painted the picture of a bachelor’s paradise. X,-:O,- aka Lover Boy. Photo by Stephanie [...]