North Winds
It never ceases to amaze me how dependent a day, or even a week, can be on the weather. Only by spending every entire day outside can one even begin to appreciate how sheltered [...]
Owl Update 4/15/2021
Although the pace has slowed since we had an 88 owl night on April 6, the owls have been surprisingly consistent this past week. We say surprisingly because we've experienced varying weather conditions recently, [...]
Taking Notes
Last week was a stellar week for raptor migration here at Whitefish Point — a week that predicted nothing but rain turned into a week of nothing but birds, birds, and more birds! Rough-legged [...]
Owl Update 4/8/2021
April has started with a bit of a bang. In the last week, we have captured 248 owls. This brings the season's banding totals to 332 Northern Saw-whet Owls, 80 Long-eared Owls, and seven [...]
A Sweet South Breeze
After a string of several days where strong north winds stalled migration and kept yours truly huddling in the hawk shack trying to stay warm, the past four days have had a sweet south [...]
Owl Update 4/1/2021
After experiencing a nice stretch of productive weather conditions prior to our last post, the recent weather patterns have regularly slowed down migration, if not shut us down altogether. That said, we did have [...]