Avifauna Influx: 05/02/19 to 05/07/19
Between May 5 and May 7, 24 new bird species for the season were documented at the Point, with the majority appearing on May 5 following a night and half day of southeast winds. [...]
A New Bird
Once the raptor migration really gets going, it isn't often that we will get a new species for the season. By this time, all the species that are expected have already shown up at least [...]
Welcome to May: 3rd Week of the Waterbird Count
At this latitude, May is a high-octane month. Night starts later, day begins sooner, and I think we all flounder a bit as we try to keep up with all we want to see. [...]
Loggerhead Shrike: a Fourth Record for WPBO
On April 29 and 30, a Loggerhead Shrike (LOSH) was seen at Whitefish Point. The sighting, once accepted, will be the fourth record of a LOSH at WPBO. A Loggerhead Shrike seen on [...]
Woodcocks, Kinglets, and How a Bad Finch Year For Us is a Good One for the Birds – 04/25/19 to 05/01/19
Highlights: American Woodcock Display - Pine Siskin Flock - Eastern Towhee - Vesper Sparrow - Kinglets Galore - White-Winged Scoter - Flocks of Common Loon Peent… Peent… Peent... I cannot begin to tell you [...]
Ice Out, Birds In: Waterbird Count Week 2
Eight hours most days, I stand on Whitefish Point’s cobbled beach. There, from whichever side of the waterbird shack is the lee side du jour, I make sweeping scans with binoculars and spotting scope. To [...]