Big Day on the Hawk Deck!
Saturday was the eBird-sponsored Global Big Day, and the hawks here at Whitefish Point made it a big one. I've already done well for Broad-winged Hawk this season -- earlier this week they usurped second place from [...]
Waterbird Count update through May 11
Yikes! I have some catching up to do with this blog! Here are some highlights from this May so far, beginning with the most recent: May 11 – A good morning flight of Long-tailed Ducks, [...]
Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 1-8
Greetings again, sorry for the long absence, I was having some blog sign-in issues, but hopefully that has been all worked out. First an announcement- we are now taking pledges for our annual Birdathon! Every [...]
Owl Update 5-8-17
The spring's 300th Long-eared Owl! We'd like to start off by thanking all of this year's Spring Fling attendees for their interest & support! Thankfully the owls were cooperative over Spring Fling weekend [...]
Hawk Count Halfway Point Roundup
With a total of 6,585 counted by the end of April, Sharp-shinned Hawks are the most common species for the first half of hawk count. Chart generated at https://dunkadoo.org/project/wpbo-hawk-count May is here and [...]
Owl Update 4/26/17
An early Eastern Whip-poor-will on April 21. Photo by Chris Neri The current weather pattern has really slowed things down the last couple of nights, but prior to that the nights [...]