The feel of the season has shifted at the Point as the remnants of early-season migrants are quickly moving on. The diverse flocks of warblers and vireos, with a sprinkling of flycatchers, have largely passed. While the weather is still surprisingly warm and sunny at times, the bird life is more representative of mid-fall. [...]
Another week is in the books at Whitefish Point and it’s really starting to feel like fall. The leaves are beginning to transition from vivid green to yellow, orange, and red, heralding the departure of summer. The leaves aren’t the only thing that’s changing; the birds are too! An adult Bald Eagle right [...]
Since the last blog post, we’ve had quite the assortment of unusual birds show up at the Point, so there’s plenty to talk about! Last week’s blog wrapped up by covering the fabulous songbird influx we had on September 8, and I was hopeful that some of those birds might stick around. Fortunately, that [...]
Since the last post, we’ve been experiencing some tumultuous weather here at the Point, at least for early September. There’s been a lot of cold and strong winds out of the north, with the Saturday (Sept. 6th) winds gusting up to 35+ miles per hour. Scattered storms have also coincided with much of the [...]
Another week has passed here at Whitefish Point and migration has been picking up across the board, with abundant waterbirds, songbirds, and raptors throughout the week. While we haven’t had the numbers to rival last week’s Red-necked Grebe count, we’ve had plenty of new arrivals at the Point, several species moving through in high [...]
It’s only been a couple days, but it’s already time for another field ornithologist blog update! Fortunately, there’s plenty to talk about after the weekend weather provided us with abundant birding thrills here at the Point. Frank will cover several of the highlights with more detail in his next waterbird blog, but over the [...]
Frank (the waterbird counter) and I have been up at Whitefish Point for a little over a week now, kicking off the WPBO fall 2025 count season with some exciting changes and fun birding highlights. Among these changes is a new fall count; a morning flight survey up on the raptor deck focused on [...]
Our last full week at Whitefish Point is in the books, and we have just a couple of days left to count waterbirds and watch the last waves of fall migration. We are still having some good days for waterbird movement, albeit fewer than a couple of weeks ago. Most of our songbirds have [...]
With less than two weeks left in the season here at Whitefish Point, the fall has started to take on a different feel. While we still have some leaves on a few plants in the understory, the vibrant foliage on our deciduous trees has mostly fallen, so things are feeling a little more barren. [...]
We only have about three weeks left of the fall season at Whitefish Point, but the bird activity here has yet to slow down. While just about all the warblers and other early to mid-fall migrants are gone (even Yellow-rumped Warblers!), we continue to have large quantities of sparrows and winter finches. Not to [...]
