WPBO Waterbird Count May 13-19 2022
Spring migration has this accompanying urgency: many of the shorebirds and waterfowl that pass WPBO’s waterbird count are headed to arctic tundra. Up there, the days are long — but the season is short: the [...]
Owl Update 5/18/2022
Although it appears that the Long-eared Owl migration has begun to slow down, we had another productive week. We banded another 118 owls over the last seven nights; 78 Northern Saw-whet Owls, 36 Long-eared [...]
Fly Fast, Die Hard
Tuesday, May 9, the big Sharp-shinned Hawk push happened. That day, your friendly neighborhood raptor counter tallied 1,443 sharpies. I believe it is safe to say that I look forward to the big sharpie [...]
Waterbird Count Update: May 6-12
This past week at the waterbird count has represented the longest stretch of favorable migration conditions I’ve ever experienced at WPBO: there have been no sustained periods of strong north winds; no lasting fog. [...]
Owl Update 5/11/2022
We experienced another fairly productive owl migration this past week. We banded 110 owls, including 58 Northern Saw-whet Owls, which has us currently at 300 saw-whets banded for the season. We banded 46 more [...]
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 [...]