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 [...]
A Bird in the Sky
Let there be no illusion that hawk watching is full of frame-filling, jaw-dropping images of raptors swooping past you in all their glory. Let there also be no illusion that time spent early-season hawk [...]
Owl Banding Update 3/25/2021
When you're working with migratory birds at Whitefish Point Bird Observatory in mid-March, your efforts are naturally going to produce results that vary significantly from year to year. We experienced a relatively mild winter [...]