Today was the first day of the count. Joe Youngman showed up at my door 2 hours before the start of the count since we had no idea what the road up was going to be like. After some deliberation and messing with a 4 wheeler, we decided to snowmobile up the east (Copper Harbor) side as far as we could. We made it just beyond the Copper Harbor Overlook, then walked up until we had a good view to the south.
We didn’t have much movement until the 4th hour of the count, 12-1 pm EDT. All our migrants were far to the south, making ID of most birds pretty difficult. The heat shimmer didn’t help either. We ended the day with 14 Bald Eagles and 14 unidentified eagles.
Other highlights included a group of 3 Pine Grosbeaks in the first half of the day, 7 Bohemian Waxwings, some friendly Pine Siskins (below), and a woodchuck. Spring’s here (for now)!
I’ll count from the same place tomorrow, but Joe and Ken from The Pines here in Copper Harbor blasted their way to the top from the west side, so hopefully I will be able to drive to the top by Wednesday!
Joe took some pictures today of our count site, I’ll post those once I get a copy of them.
Max
