Start of the Waterbird Count!
April 15th marked the beginning of the Waterbird Count for the 2016 Spring Season. The first birds recorded at day-break were three hen Hooded Mergansers, a species actually not recorded that frequently on this count. [...]
Sharp-shinned Hawkapalooza
Hello everyone! Things have certainly picked up at the hawk deck. The last two days have been fantastic. Yesterday (April 15th), we counted over 1,000 raptors, with the vast majority (826) being Sharp-shinned Hawks. [...]
First wave of Sharp-shins
It was a good day on the hawk deck yesterday (4/14), though as it turned out, it was a merely a warm-up to the Ides of April where everything that happened on the 14th, happened [...]
Owl Update April 15
Before we jump into the owls, we want to give a quick mention of what has been going on at WPBO. After the announcement at last year's Spring Fling that Michigan Audubon Society (MAS) would [...]
Hawk Count Beginnings
Hello everyone! Our first bird of the season, an adult Bald Eagle. 3/15/16. Photo by: Ted Keyel The 2016 Spring Hawkwatching season has commenced. We began the count on a fairly warm March [...]
Summary of the start of the Spring 2016 season
Sightings report for March 15th-April 10th Golden Eagle by Ted Keyel Greetings! Thank you for your patience as we prepared this new website, but now that we are up and running, let the [...]