A consistent string of favorable winds have offered productive waterbird counts this week. On 09/22/2023, a true Northwest wind produced a particularly exciting flight. Season
Sunday, 9/17/2023 wrapped up Week 4 of the fall hawk count. Raptor sightings jumped from 861 the previous week to a whopping 2155! If you
Welcome to the Mackinac Straits Raptor watch 2023 fall owl banding season blog! We wanted to kick things off by introducing this year’s crew! Hi
The week started slowly as a result of a string of warm, south winds. By Thursday, the action had changed dramatically as the wind switched
Welcome to Week 3 of the 2023 fall raptor migration! Weather has continued to be variable, leading to several slow days, but this week brought
Last Sunday, 9/3, marked two full weeks of MSRW’s 2023 fall raptor count. Things are off to a slow start, with several days of less
Flocks of migrant ducks are slowly returning to the Straits area. Early season flights continue to be dominated by Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, and Canada
Fall migration is well underway in the Straits! The season is lengthy, and waterbirds will gradually come in waves over the next three months. Fall
Just like that another spring season is in the books. This spring marked the third year in which we were deploying transmitters on adult Red-tailed
Although waterbird diversity had declined, the final days of the count were considerably productive. Staging Long-tailed Ducks still number in the thousands through mid-May. Red-breasted
Well, folks, that’s a wrap! The 2023 diurnal raptor banding season came to a close yesterday, May 28th. The weather this spring made for an
A significant flight of migrating loons was the highlight for this week. Over 600 Common Loons were tallied, including an impressive 236 headed West past
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