Waterbird Count Week 5 Update (5/9-5/15)
Prevailing north winds have kept this past week fairly slow, with little changing in terms of species diversity. The numbers of White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks are slowly increasing, with the number of loons [...]
Owl Update 5/15/2024
It has been an interesting and reasonably productive week. In last week’s owl update, we expressed our hope that the late May push of Northern Saw-whet Owls (NSWO) that we often experience would occur [...]
Raptor Count Week 9 Update (5.07–5.13)
Whitefish Point is a great place to learn the immature plumages of the Bald Eagle. Several immature eagles are often seen over the area daily; they are one, two, three, or possibly four years [...]
Waterbird Count Week 4 Update (5/2-5/8)
Plenty of birds have been migrating this week. Most days saw triple-digit numbers of loons, although none beat last week's high count. Many ducks seem to be tapering off this week, with only a [...]
Owl Update 5/8/2024
Things picked up a bit this past week, but the owl migration has remained relatively slow. We banded 58 owls this past week, 25 of those occurring on May 5. The Northern Saw-whet Owl (NSWO) [...]
Raptor Count Week 8 Update (4.30–5.06)
On the morning of May 4, I spotted large flocks of birds high in the air on the way to the observation deck — they were Blue Jays migrating over the Point in the [...]