Owl Update 4/14/17
First Boreal Owl of the season. We mentioned in our last post that the forecast at the time contained both conditions that would keep us from being able to open the nets and [...]
Whitefish Point Sightings Report for April 7-13
Sandhill Crane by Skye Haas It has been a week of strong contrasts; either we have been shut out by harsh winter-like weather or it’s been beautiful spring days with classic Whitefish Point [...]
Weekend explosion of migrants!
A season-high nine Golden Eagles, including the one pictured here, were counted on Saturday April 8th. Photo by Gary Palmer. Toward the end of last week, after a taste of warm, springy, sun-filled [...]
Owl Update 4/7/17
Long-eared Owl We published our last post halfway through the night of March 31. The owls had been slow for a few nights and had continued to be slow up to that point [...]
Whitefish Point Sightings Report for April 1-6
Common Merganser by Skye Haas Greetings folks, here is this week’s sightings report. It has been another decent week at the Point; the first part of the week saw some decent hawk and [...]
Signs of Spring!
Rough-legged Hawk by Skye Haas Since my last post things have begun really heating up at the point! In the past week three new raptors have been added to our season totals. March [...]