Sightings Update 10/24/22
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. Photo by Chris Neri Highlights: American Three-toed Woodpecker & Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. The epic season for vagrants seen by Waterbird Counter Alec Olivier out at the waterbird shack continued this past week. [...]
Waterbird Count Week 10 Update: Bar-tailed Godwit and Long-tailed Ducks
Two species have dominated the past week. The first is possibly the rarest waterbird to be recorded on a waterbird count at Whitefish Point. On Sunday, October 16, a Bar-tailed Godwit briefly circled the [...]
Fall Owl Banding Week 5
Since our last blog post, the weather has really shown up at the Point. Out of ~84 possible hours we could have our nets open this past week, we were only able to open [...]
Sightings Update 10/17/22
Well, I have often been fortunate enough to see many of the vagrants that have been seen at the waterbird count during my falls here. However, this week I missed one of the rarest [...]
Waterbird Count Week 9 Update
October continues to produce great flights in the last week. Aythya numbers continue to dominate the flights, but there have also been good numbers of scoters and dabblers as well. A large flight on [...]
Owl Banding Week 4
Since our last post, things have slowed down a little bit here in the owl banding world. While the birds are still showing up, they are not keeping us as busy as last week. [...]