Field Notes

This blog is your go-to for recent sightings at the Point, including both the usual suspects and the rare species that have been spotted, more in-depth looks at the habitats found here, educational programming being offered, and more. The unique juxtaposition of land and water at the Point funnels many birds through WPBO and over 340 species have been identified at the Point. Be sure to check this blog for regular updates!

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 songbird flights though blustery north winds have quelled migration here for a few days. Still the weather is setting up [...]

2017-04-06T22:44:29-04:00April 6th, 2017|Field Notes|2 Comments

Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 24-31

Greetings, here is the sightings report for the week of March 24-31. Spring has been chipping away at the edges of winter up here, and the snow, while still a few feet deep in some places is doing it’s best to melt. A new development here at WPBO is the introduction of electronic data collection [...]

2017-03-31T20:41:38-04:00March 31st, 2017|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 24-31

Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 15-23

Sharp-tailed Grouse by Skye Haas Greetings! This begins the weekly sightings summary of the observations at Whitefish Point. It’s safe to say that winter’s grip on Whitefish Point is still pretty solid. There are still a few to several feet of snow on the ground and the temperatures have been below freezing most [...]

2018-01-12T13:06:55-05:00March 23rd, 2017|Field Notes|3 Comments

Sightings Report Oct. 19, 2016

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 [...]

2016-10-19T22:09:18-04:00October 19th, 2016|Field Notes|2 Comments

Update 10/11

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 [...]

2016-10-11T16:44:08-04:00October 11th, 2016|Field Notes|Comments Off on Update 10/11

Sightings 10/4

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 [...]

2016-10-04T22:59:19-04:00October 4th, 2016|Field Notes|Comments Off on Sightings 10/4

Our Plover Chicks Have Hatched!

Photo by Sara Harrington Over the fourth of July weekend, the Piping Plover chicks at Whitefish Point hatched! Sara Harrington is providing short presentations on the life history and recovery efforts of this endangered species. The presentations will be followed by a walk out to the beach to try to spot Whitefish Point’s own [...]

2016-07-12T15:45:16-04:00July 12th, 2016|Field Notes|Comments Off on Our Plover Chicks Have Hatched!

Whitefish Point sightings for May 13-21

Greetings! This is the Whitefish Point sightings summary for May 13-21st. It’s safe to say that the weather has not been our friend this month.  Primarily north winds have continued until the 18th, and last weekend had some snow every day! Migration for most species has been slow, certainly slower that what should be expected [...]

2016-05-22T18:14:08-04:00May 22nd, 2016|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Point sightings for May 13-21

Whitefish Sightings Report for May 6th-12th

Greetings! This is the weekly summary of Whitefish Point sightings for May 6-7th. Again (and again and again….) the winds haven’t been exactly favorable for migration, but the birds still continue to arrive. While the waterbirds and the hawks haven’t been exactly gangbusters, we all have been pleased by the return of neotropical migrants to [...]

2016-05-13T00:19:22-04:00May 13th, 2016|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Sightings Report for May 6th-12th
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