Sightings Report Oct. 19, 2016
Highlights: Pacific Wren, Green-tailed Towhee (photo above), Purple Sandpiper, Sabine's Gull & Long-tailed Jaeger Things have really picked up at the Point and we've been spending a lot of time in the field. While the Pacific [...]
Heating Up!
It's been one great October thus far! The waterbird highlights are coming every day or two and the woods are producing some great birds! In terms of duck numbers we have had a couple big [...]
Windy nights
It has been really tough to get quality netting hours in the last few nights due to wind and rain. We have only been able to open nets 3 of the last 6 nights, and [...]
Warm fall nights…
On Sunday Raina and I got stuck mediating a debate of our own...between two Barred Owls. It was quite a raucous, nobody could figure out who was cooking for who. Both owls were pretty adamant [...]
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 [...]