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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 March 30-April 5

By Skye Haas, Spring Field Ornithologist Sadly, there is not too much to report this week. We are stuck in a long-term holding pattern of cold north winds, and periodic snowstorms. We did get a few new season birds, with a trio of COMMON GOLDENEYE over the hawk deck on [...]

2018-04-09T11:59:08-04:00April 9th, 2018|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 30-April 5
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Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 22-29, 2018

By Skye Haas, 2018 Spring Field Ornithologist Hello everyone, here is the weekly sightings report for March 22-29. Aside from a few brief days of a welcomed warm-up, it remains very wintery up here at Whitefish Point. There has been some snow melt, and while the bay is still locked [...]

2018-03-30T09:10:48-04:00March 30th, 2018|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 22-29, 2018
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Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 15-21, 2018

By Skye Haas, 2018 Spring Ornithologist Spruce Grouse, Photo Skye Haas Greetings! Whitefish Point Bird Observatory kicked off its 2018 spring season on March 15, albeit it was pretty cold and snowy that day. Conditions are still very wintery up here, with about 3-4 feet of snow on the [...]

2018-03-22T09:42:20-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Point Sightings Report for March 15-21, 2018
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Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 27th-June 4th

White-winged Scoters by Skye Haas Greetings! Here is the last Whitefish Point Sightings Report for the spring 2017 season. But first I just want to thank and congratulate the WPBO staff for their hard work and long hours that they put in this season. From freezing temperatures to hordes of biting insects, the [...]

2018-01-12T13:05:16-05:00July 3rd, 2017|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 27th-June 4th
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Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 27th-June 4th

White-winged Scoters by Skye Haas Greetings! Here is the last Whitefish Point Sightings Report for the spring 2017 season. But first I just want to thank and congratulate the WPBO staff for their hard work and long hours that they put in this season. From freezing temperatures to hordes of biting insects, the [...]

2017-06-09T10:04:02-04:00June 9th, 2017|Field Notes|1 Comment
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Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 20-26th.

Greetings! The season here at Whitefish is rapidly coming to a close, though we are still a little puzzled as to where some of the birds are yet. It’s been a great migration for many species, but warblers have still been low numbers and vireos and flycatchers have been near absent so far. What little [...]

2017-05-26T23:33:00-04:00May 26th, 2017|Field Notes|Comments Off on Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 20-26th.
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Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 9-19th

Greetings! I would like to start this week’s report off again with a plea for support for our annual Birdathon! We are now taking pledges for the event where we head out to see how many bird species we can find in a 24 hour period to raise funds for the count and banding projects [...]

2017-05-20T23:36:47-04:00May 20th, 2017|Field Notes|1 Comment
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Whitefish Point Sightings Report for May 1-8

Greetings again, sorry for the long absence, I was having some blog sign-in issues, but hopefully that has been all worked out. First an announcement- we are now taking pledges for our annual Birdathon! Every year in late May, the staff and few volunteers head out to find as many bird species as we can [...]

2017-05-09T07:17:17-04:00May 9th, 2017|Field Notes|2 Comments
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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 been a bit of a theme this week with unfavorable weather conditions on several days. But there have been some [...]

2017-04-21T21:45:49-04:00April 21st, 2017|Field Notes|1 Comment
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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 skies full of hawks! Waterbirds for the most part have not yet really got going- a modest push of COMMON [...]

2017-04-13T23:27:47-04:00April 13th, 2017|Field Notes|2 Comments
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