Whitefish Point Sightings Report for April 14-20
Scaup, Wigeon and Tundra Swans by Skye Haas This week saw the start of the Waterbird Count on the 15th, though it was quite the rainy mess of a day. This has actually [...]
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 [...]