Fall Waterbird Count – Week 12 Update (10.26-11.1)
This past week featured the first signs of the winter to come, with the first day of snow flurries on Oct. 28 and accumulating snow each day since Oct. 30. This made for some [...]
Fall Owl Banding Week 7
One of the last Northern Saw-whet Owls of the season. Photo by Liv Ridley The 2023 fall banding season has come to a close! We've had a handful of owls trickle in [...]
Fall Waterbird Count – Week 11 Update (10.19-10.25)
This past week was quite interesting and fun at the waterbird shack; it featured two heavy waterbird flights on Oct. 20 and Oct. 25, with lighter days of waterfowl migration in between. However, among [...]
Fall Owl Banding Week 6
This past week, we had our biggest flight of the fall season so far. On Oct. 18 and 19, we were closed due to weather. When we reopened on Oct. 20, we banded two [...]
Fall Waterbird Count – Week 10 Update (10.12-10.18)
It was a fairly slow start to the week, with waterbirds continuing to trickle through the area following the strong front on Oct. 8. The weekend forecast looked quite interesting, with a strong north-northeasterly [...]
Fall Owl Banding Week 5
The first Boreal Owl of the 2023 fall season. Photo by Liv Ridley It's been a very busy week here at Whitefish Point! Migration is in full effect. We've been getting lots [...]