Week 3 of the Fall 2021 Waterbird Count
Waterbird Highlights: This week (Aug. 28–Sept. 2), 36 species (+1 other taxa) of waterbirds have passed by the Point. If you have been keeping up with Dunkadoo numbers, you are probably wondering where all the Red-necked [...]
Bring On the Fall 2021 Waterbird Count!
It’s that time of year again where we waterbird counters set out to the Point prepared to count the fall waterbird migration. As you may have seen in our recent social media posting, I [...]
Owl Update 8/18/2021
Although we continue to see a general slow down, we did band 24 juvenile Northern Saw-whet Owls on August 11, which is a productive mid-August night. More recently, a warm-weather system has settled over [...]
Owl Update 8-11-2021
We experienced the first real slow down of the summer this past week, including our first night with no owls. It's not unexpected for the owls to slow down significantly at this time of [...]
Owl Update 8-4-2021
Varying weather conditions have created some stops and starts to the owl migration recently, but overall it was another productive week. The few adults we are still catching are in various stages of molt. [...]
For The Last Time
It's 7 or 8 p.m., and I'm listening to the sound of my hiking boots crunch against the rocks and sand with every step. The sky is showing its characteristic amber glow, a trait which [...]