Migration…Oh the Places We’ll Go!
Migration is really an awe-inspiring thing when you get down to it. Myriad and multitudes of birds, all different shapes and sizes, migrate from their wintering grounds to their summer breeding grounds. Many birds [...]
Owl Update 5/6/2021
Once again, the time between our blog posts produced a couple of productive nights before weather significantly slowed down the owl migration. The three nights after our last post produced 121 new owls, but [...]
Flight of the Sharpies
Well, folks, it finally happened. Sharp-shinned Hawks dominated the skies, with nearly 3,000 birds zipping past the hawk deck this past weekend. Days like these are what hawk counters live for, and as each [...]
Celebrating Spring Migration at Whitefish Point — A Webinar Series
Many of you already know and respect just how crucial avian research is, but do you know what makes Whitefish Point Bird Observatory such an excellent place for these research efforts to take place? Tune [...]
Wet Feet
Week two of the waterbird count, and it doesn't feel like two weeks have already passed. Days become irrelevant when counting migrating birds, and I find that I fall into a sort of rhythm [...]
Owl Update 4-29-2021
We appear to be in repeat mode regarding the timing of weekly weather patterns and their effect on the owl migration between our posts. Once again, this past week started with a few productive [...]