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 in the night. We had no reason to believe that would change during the remainder of the night, but it [...]
The first Barred Owl of the season. It's hard to believe, but in less than an hour it will be April. While it still does not feel like spring in the woods at night, winter has definitely begun to loosen its grip at the Point and the owls have become a bit steadier. [...]
Chris and I are very happy to be back here at WPBO for our 13th and 16th springs, respectively...good grief, that is a long time! Anyway, this year there is quite a bit of snow in the woods, leading us to believe that it is still winter as we click into our skis & snowshoes [...]
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 Wren is the most interesting sighting, it is also the most complicated. Identifying Winter/Pacific Wrens by plumage is very difficult, if [...]
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 a bit bringing some excitement to the Point. As per usual, many of the recent highlights came from the waterbird [...]
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 the more recent sightings I should mention two of the highlights so far this season. A Townsend's Solitaire was found [...]