Owl Update 5/3/2023
There seem to be times in every field season when you feel you are just along for the ride. They aren't always the busy times but are actually often some of the slower times. [...]
Notes from the Hawk Deck: Week Four (4/25-5/1)
As the saying goes: April showers bring May raptors. This past April brought its fair share of precipitation (in the form of rain and snow) and opposing northwest headwinds. In spite of less favorable conditions [...]
Getting Somewhere: 2023 WPBO Spring Waterbird Count Update Week 2, April 20-26.
It's been a fairly quiet week at the waterbird count, with conditions ranging from not-that-bad (light northerlies, dry skies, and little flocks of Common Mergansers) to pretty terrible (snow squalls, strong northerlies, zero visibility, [...]
Owl Update 04/26/2023
After a period of about a week and a half of productive nights, the recent weather pattern significantly slowed things down this past week. Even during a few windows of more favorable weather conditions, [...]
Notes from the Hawk Deck: Week Three (4/18-4/24)
The shift into the third week of the spring raptor count was characterized by a consistent block of north winds and precipitation, yielding 548 raptor migrants (compared to the previous week of 1,933). The [...]
2023 Spring Waterbird Count Update: April 15-19
Typically, my spirits are quite light when I walk down the boardwalk toward the waterbird shack. However, when I headed that way a little before sunrise on April 15 — opening day for this [...]