Fall 2025 Field Ornithologist Update: Week 1
Frank (the waterbird counter) and I have been up at Whitefish Point for a little over a week now, kicking off the WPBO fall 2025 count season with some exciting changes and fun birding [...]
Fall Waterbird Count-The Beginning (8/15-8/19)
Another season of waterbird counting is officially underway at Whitefish Point! Our work started the day before the count on August 14th. With the help of some dedicated local volunteers we moved the waterbird [...]
Piping Plover Update Week 13
Whitefish Point It’s safe to say that the 2025 Piping Plover nesting season has come to a close for Whitefish Point, as it has for many other sites in the Great Lakes. Remaining fledglings [...]
Piping Plover Update Week 12
Whitefish Point The 2025 Piping Plover breeding season is coming to a close, and we are on the last few pages of the book. Our three wild chicks have been flying for around for [...]
Banding Blue Jays at WPBO
Hi, my name is Dustin Brewer. I’m an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Management at Lake Superior State University. Among other things related to wildlife ecology and conservation, I study Blue Jays. When I mention to [...]
Piping Plover Update Week 11
Whitefish Point Vie’s three chicks, once vulnerable tufts of fuzz atop two toothpicks, have developed into plump fledglings with defined feathers – of which they now use to take flight. Over time their jump [...]