With constant mild to moderate south-east winds yesterday raptor migration really kicked into high gear. I ad close to 1500 Sharp-shinned Hawks, and several hundred other raptors. Additionally Sandhill Cranes really started migration with over 1000 passing overhead. Things were so busy that I never took a photo. So, all of the photos today wereContinue reading “Migration got going yesterday”
Tag Archives: Whitefish Point
It’s time for lichens
It’s a beautiful morning here at Whitefish Point. The first clear morning since we’ve up here this month. Clear at this time of year means cold. As I am sitting here and writing it’s 28F and fortunately with very very little wind. Yesterday on our walk to the point it was obvious that lichens wereContinue reading “It’s time for lichens”
Inching towards Spring
The progress is slow, but speeds up with warmth and rain, day by day there is less snow and more to see. The same view of the restoration area, each photo is 24 hours after the previous. So, Monday on the left, Tuesday in the center and Wednesday on the right. As I said we’reContinue reading “Inching towards Spring”
Winter into Spring at Whitefish Point
The snow is slowly melting at Whitefish Point. There is some promise in the air, you can smell it. As the snow recedes the first bearberry and trailing arbutus become visible. As ground is exposed the false dune heather and lichens become visible. The dune restoration site that Susan has worked on for three years.Continue reading “Winter into Spring at Whitefish Point”
A special visitor
We always appreciate visitors, both friends and animals. In the past couple of weeks we had friends with or without a dog visiting and it’s always nice. But our feeders also have nice visitors. While they are meant for birds and always have bird visitors we also get an array of other animals. In AnnContinue reading “A special visitor”
A vistor last night at Whitefish Point
Sometimes when you get up early in the morning you see something surprising. Wee this morning I turned on the bayside lights to see how much it snowed last night and saw that we got an inch or two. But what was really surprising was we also had visitors who left taracks in the freshContinue reading “A vistor last night at Whitefish Point”
Susan and Jane Goodall
On the last day of September, 2025 Amanda brought a large shipment of plants arrived at Whitefish Point. Since then Susan had been working 8-10 hours a day planting. The first day Amanda was there as well as friends at Whitefish Point. The second day however was after the government shutdown sadly. Lynn helped bothContinue reading “Susan and Jane Goodall”
Great start to the day
Nothing like starting the day with the aurora on the northwestern horizon. Or as the song goes/or should go: Woke up it was a Whitefish morning and the first that I saw was the glow of the aurora greeting me to start the day… Now, continuing to check what I want to take with meContinue reading “Great start to the day”
A busy three weeks
We’ve been on the move more or less since late August, We spent a week at Whitefish Point, then went to visit Martin and Catherine in Douglas and give a talk on the Yukon to the Holland Audubon Society. After a few days in Ann Arbor we had to get back to Whitefish Point sinceContinue reading “A busy three weeks”
Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point, Michigan
This year there was another successful Piping Plover nest at Whitefish Point. The point itself has been expanding after an early winter storm took out the point in the recent past. I think that this is a molting female plover, she still has some black feathers. This bird was not very far from the hatchingsContinue reading “Piping Plovers at Whitefish Point, Michigan”
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