October Big Day Is Saturday!
This coming Saturday, Oct. 17, is October Big Day! This is an annual project from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to celebrate birds and birding. Participation is simple: see birds and record them in eBird. A goal [...]
Owl Update 10/14/20
It’s been another windy week here at the Point! Another stretch of strong winds kept nets closed several of the past few nights. We had been averaging over 50 new Northern Saw-whet Owl banded [...]
Lake-Watching 101
A surprise for many visitors to the waterbird count is how distant the birds are. While the handful of loons that pass overhead and chickadees that venture inside the waterbird shack defy this statement, they [...]
Owl Update 10/7/20
Well, our streak of good weather has come to an end. The beginning of October brought enough wind and rain to keep nets closed all or part of about half of the nights this [...]
The Commotion Around Rare Birds
The term “rare bird” transcends the birding community. Defined as “An unusual or exceptional person or thing,” we refer to a wide array of the unexpected with this wordage. As far as we’re concerned here [...]
Owl Update 9/30/20
Welcome back! It’s been an exciting week since our last update. The week was full of season firsts, starting with our first Long-eared Owl! That same night (Sept. 22), we also caught our first [...]