The recent weather patterns have had a significant impact on our nightly efforts, shutting us down some nights, but producing some nice little pushes during the breaks in the wind. The most exciting news is that shortly after posting our last update, we banded a Great Gray Owl, a male that hatched last year. The [...]
We’re effectively stuck in repeat mode when it comes to giving general updates on the owl migration. Northern Saw-whet Owls have continued at a steady trickle, and we have not banded a Boreal Owl since April 25. So, it has been the Long-eared Owls that have kept us busy this past week. We’re reaching the [...]
Not a lot has changed since our last post in regard to the owl migration. We continue to be surprised by the low number of Northern Saw-whet Owls. Nightly totals for saw-whets once again failed to hit double digits during the past week. On the plus side, we did recently band two more Boreal Owls. [...]
Despite the fact that there have been a couple of recent nights when the weather conditions right here at the Point have provided us with some hope, it is clear that the wider weather patterns have not been to the owl's liking. Northern Saw-whet Owl numbers have continued to be very disappointing since our last [...]
The varying weather conditions have naturally been affecting the owl migration, but we've had a few good nights since our last post. We continue to be surprised by the low numbers of Northern Saw-whet Owls recently. During the first five nights of the season, nightly numbers of saw-whets hit double digits three times. Despite some [...]
The recent nights have regularly been filled with hoots, honks, howls, wing-claps, wing-twitterings, and peents as spring continues to return to the Point a bit early this year. The owl migration has produced a bit of a mixed bag since our last post. Species diversity has been good, but the Northern Saw-whet Owl numbers have [...]
Although the recent weather patterns have not been particularly good for banding, the owls have remained fairly steady. The weather has also cooperated by giving us a few nights off this season, which our legs appreciate given how rough the conditions have been for snowshoeing recently. In our last post, we mentioned having seen the [...]
The March nights have continued to be productive since our first post, and we've seen the first signs of the diversity that makes Whitefish Point such an amazing owl migration site. A couple of hours after publishing the last owl blog, the first Boreal Owl of the season arrived. We love Boreal Owls. On the [...]
The start of the season is always an exciting time, but we have to admit that when mid-March still feels like the dead of winter our enthusiasm is affected. Thankfully, conditions are not too bad this year and by mid-February we were already looking forward to the season. As per usual, there is still several [...]
Well, we keep plugging away. We've been able to band all 35 nights of the season so far, and we are admittedly wearing a bit thin some nights. Thankfully, it has been a relatively cool summer and the mosquitoes have not been too bad recently. As is expected at this time of the season, the [...]