Update 10/11
Highlights: Pacific Loon, Sabine's Gull, Red & Red-necked Phalaropes and Grasshopper Sparrow After an extended period of easterly and southerly winds, a short period of west and north winds finally stirred things up [...]
October!
For the fall season, October is usually the best month at Whitefish Point in terms of quality and quantity. And this October has been no different! Scoters and scaup have been moving by in good [...]
Night-time critters
Sometimes it feels like a completely different world being out here in the darkness; very dream-like. You get to see things and hear things you might not always see or hear when the sun is [...]
Sightings 10/4
Highlights: Lesser Black-backed Gull & Northern Goshawk Well, we had to work a few things out to get the blog going again, so thank you for your patience. Before getting to [...]
Fall Owl Banding 10/3/16
The fall owl banding season is well under way after opening nets for our 17th night of the season. The season started off fast for the first night we opened nets with 11 birds, but [...]
September Update
It's been a relatively slow September in terms of numbers of migrating waterbirds. But, the number of jaegers coming by the point has been great! So, if you're a true "lakewatcher" this is a great [...]