Spring Migration

Hawks are back at the Point!

The hawk count has finally come alive! The slowdown began the final week of March. It continued into the first week of April, when 47 hours of ceaseless searching yielded a meager total of 23 raptors. Nothing changed through the second week of April, aside from the weekend’s blizzard dumping a fresh two feet of [...]

2018-05-02T18:49:35-04:00May 2nd, 2018|Migration Counts|Comments Off on Hawks are back at the Point!

Sightings Report for April 6-15, 2018

By Skye Haas, 2018 Spring Field Ornithologist And I thought there was little to report in my last update! Very little bird migration has occurred in April so far. Persistent north winds and frequent snow showers have plagued the research programs here at WPBO, and we have been setting some new late arrival [...]

2018-04-17T11:48:23-04:00April 17th, 2018|Field Notes|Comments Off on Sightings Report for April 6-15, 2018
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