Fall Owl Banding: Week 1 (September 15- September 20)
Hello and welcome to the first week of the MSRW fall owl banding blog! My name is John, and I am the lead owl bander
John McKay
September 21, 2026
Hello and welcome to the first week of the MSRW fall owl banding blog! My name is John, and I am the lead owl bander
Season totals are in (). The count is officially a third of the way through the season and waterbird migration is well underway! So far,
September has started hot for waterbirds! Not just warm temperatures but with increasing duck flights and diversity. Canada Geese kicked off their reputable southern migration
Fluctuations in waterbird activity throughout the fall season are expected and depend primarily on factors like weather and even time of season. Cooler fall mornings
Hello! My name is Jack Kew and I’m thrilled to be the MSRW waterbird counter this fall season! Feel free to stop by either McGulpin
This spring marked an exciting milestone for the Mackinac Straits Raptor Watch as we launched our first year of collaboration with Little Traverse Conservancy (LTC)
The raptor banding season is officially over but the last 2 weeks kept us busy as raptors continued to move through the straits. Migration typically
The weather is getting warmer, the warblers are here, and that means the raptors are well fed and almost done heading North. Weather has been
Our final days brought several nights of weather non-conducive to banding, but it also brought us seven more Northern saw-whet owls (NSWO). For that we
Species totals from this week are included in parentheses (). We have entered the final two weeks of the count! Duck migration has dropped off
This last week consisted of lots of fun milestones as our capture numbers continue to steadily increase. Just a couple days after our last blog
The count has remained productive throughout late April! Recent weather conditions have been highly favorable for migration. From this point on, diversity will start to
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