A remarkable transformation has occurred: the barren, earthy browns and greys of the landscape surrounding Brockway Mountain has become an ocean of green that touches the dividing lakeline of Superior. Even more remarkable is how swiftly those subtle tree buds became a profusion of foliage in only a matter of days, turning on its head [...]
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An Ocean of Green Meets A Sea of Blue
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A Blistering Revival!
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If there was any doubt this season about Brockway’s importance as a springtime watchsite, May 5 should help put it to pasture: 2500 birds, 13 species of raptors. Yes, that’s a single day’s count! What’s even more surprising is that the full week to follow maintained a break-neck pace, with southerly winds ushering a steady [...]
BLACK VULTURE!
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized, UP Rare Bird Reports on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Very exciting yesterday (25 April) was the passage of a Black Vulture past Brockway. A rare visitor to the Upper Peninsula there have been only 8 documented records A Black Vulture was reported at Brockway in 1991, but no documentation has been submitted to the Michigan Bird Records Committee for review. A crew of merry [...]
More on Goosies . . .
Posted in Brockway Mountain, spring migration, Uncategorized on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I received several replies from birders in both Marquette and Alger Counties on a regional listserv that suggested significant goose movements had been occurring in the days leading up to Friday’s observation of 4620 Canada Goose at Brockway. I find this interesting, because nearly all of the goose flocks I observed were following a southeasterly [...]
Goosies Take The County By (before?) Storm!
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Events, Uncategorized on April 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
First off, I’d like to apologize to you, my dear reader, for not posting as of late. A spate of computer issues came to a head and left me backlogged with preparing data and posting observations. In any case, I’ll be writing more frequently in coming weeks, as we’re approaching a most lively time of [...]
The West End is Open!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Brockway Mountain Drive’s west end is now passable for even garden variety automobiles. (The Copper Harbor side is still a couple days away from being similarly navigable.) Please watch for southerly winds in the days ahead and be sure to bring your binocular. We hope to see you soon atop Brockway!
The Two Faces of My Day
Posted in Brockway Mountain, Uncategorized on April 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Attired as if I were about to step onto a Maine lobster boat, I hauled up Brockway Mountain Drive’s east end on the ATV while shielding my face from the sting of another icy rain that had moved over the mountain only minutes after I left the house. Conditions on the top were hardly ideal: [...]
A Break in Northerlies (At Last!)
Posted in Uncategorized on April 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If you’ve been following HawkCount this past week, it would be easy to think our dry spell would never end! I’ll admit I was starting to have doubts myself, but for it to be this still at Brockway meant something was up. The flight lines that migrating birds use each year are subject to annual variation, [...]
Keweenaw Redpoll(?!) Survey
Posted in Uncategorized on April 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Howdy all! Well at least we don’t have to change the acronym. This morning was marked by a strong Common Redpoll flight with 148 birds recorded flying by in small flocks. I noted several flocks on my way up the coastline on my way to count as well. Early for Keweenaw County was a singing [...]
The Closing Days of Winter
Posted in Brockway Mountain, raptor migration, spring migration, Uncategorized on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Temperatures these past few days have been creeping upward, and not only have I been dispensing with hat and gloves, but I now rarely finish my thermos of hot tea before the day’s count is over. And while the remaining snow on Brockway Mountain Drive’s east end is surely frozen in the morning, come afternoon [...]
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