The month of December was mild, and many bodies of water remained open, allowing a number of lingering waterbirds including ducks and grebes to be recorded later than usual this season. It has been a decent winter for over-wintering hawks in the UP. More Cooper’s, Sharp-shinned and Red-tailed Hawks than typical have been reported in [...]
Archive for January, 2010
UP Rare Bird Report – January 15, 2010
Posted in Keweenaw Raptor Survey, UP Rare Bird Reports, tagged birding, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, rare bird report, Upper Peninsula on January 18, 2010 |
KRS hires raptor counter Henschell for 2010 season
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, tagged Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Peninsula, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, spring migration, Upper Peninsula, Whitefish Point Bird Observatory on January 13, 2010 |
In December, the Keweenaw Raptor Survey hired a counter for the 2010 spring season. Max Henschell is a recently completed his graduate studies at Michigan Technological University; he is an experienced–and hardy–field biologist. It is through donations to the KRS that we have been able to fund our first field season, and encourage further support to ensure the completion [...]







