Owl Update 8/2/2023
As July ended, it was amazing how consistent things were. We're obviously in a down year, which is an expected event, but things have been almost comical recently. Late July and early August are [...]
Owl Update 7/26/2023
Things have remained slow but steady over the past week. We only caught one bird on July 19, then got skunked the next night. Since then, each of the last five nights has produced [...]
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 [...]