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So Long, and Thanks for All the Hawks

In my blog last week, you may recall that I wished for one final push of Broad-winged Hawks. I am happy to report that my wish came true. On the very next day, I counted 780 broad-wings, and by the last day of the count (yesterday), I added another 400 to the season total. [...]

2021-06-02T13:22:29-04:00June 1st, 2021|Migration Counts|Comments Off on So Long, and Thanks for All the Hawks

There’s this word, zugunruhe. It means migratory restlessness, and it looks like dozens of Common Nighthawks streaming north across Lake Superior at dusk. It sounds like the wild cries of the Whimbrel flocks that raced north over the Point this week. It feels like the predictable late-season wanderings my brain embarks on. Food and shelter [...]

2020-05-30T15:32:35-04:00May 30th, 2020|Migration Counts|Comments Off on

Lazuli Bunting, Birdathon, and Season’s End – 05/25/19 to 05/31/19

Lazuli Bunting - Birdathon Birds - Black-backed Woodpecker - Northern Cardinal The biggest news out of Whitefish Point this season is the first Point and third state record for a Lazuli Bunting observed on May 28, 2019, found by Point regular Dan Elliot. Lazuli Bunting are a western species that are strongly related to Indigo [...]

2019-05-31T18:11:38-04:00May 31st, 2019|Field Notes|Comments Off on Lazuli Bunting, Birdathon, and Season’s End – 05/25/19 to 05/31/19
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