Hawk-cyclone
Oh, what a sight to behold! On unseen currents they spin, flashing like silversides in the sun, Broad-winged Hawks numbering in the thousands. Twisting, turning, gliding, and churning, higher and higher, they rise and [...]
Loons on the Move! Waterbird Count April 29–May 5
The most exciting event at WPBO's waterbird count this week has been the big loon push. This is, for me, a favorite part of spring. The loons are the vanguards of the opening migration [...]
Owl Update 5/4/2022
We finally had a calm weather week, and the owl migration continued to be relatively productive. We banded 106 owls over the last seven nights, highlighted by another six Boreal Owls and 65 more [...]
Woke Up This Morning
I woke up this morning and brewed my coffee extra strong. My head was still reeling from a whirlwind weekend of raptors and visitors brought up to Whitefish Point by sunny skies, favorable winds, [...]
Waterbird Count Week 2 (April 22-28): Bird Time
At WPBO, we measure things less by day or date than we do by seasonal happenings. See, for example: “The day the snow slid off the roof;” “The night the spring peepers began to [...]
Owl Update 4/27/2022
This week was unexpectedly productive after experiencing a particularly disappointing stretch of owl migration prior to our last blog post. As we looked at the extended weather forecast as we wrote last week’s blog, [...]