If you’ve been following the last few days of the KRS count via HawkCount, then you’re well aware that we seem to have struck a vein of cold temperatures, unfavorable winds, and precious few birds. A stretch of uncomfortable, slow days can be hard on morale, especially when forecasts for the week ahead seem to [...]
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Why Seeing “No Birds” Still Matters
Posted in Brockway Mountain, spring migration, Uncategorized on March 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Might this bode well for a strong season?
Posted in Brockway Mountain, HMANA, Keweenaw Raptor Survey, raptor migration, Uncategorized on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
March 15 proved to be a strong start to KRS’s 2011 count season, yielding 36 Bald Eagles and 1 Northern Goshawk in a little over six hours of observation. A female Snow Bunting also stopped by the hilltop for a breather this morning, while a displaying Common Raven near West Bluff passed the day chasing off [...]
Position for Counter Now Open
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hawk Counter - Brockway Mtn, Michigan- Keweenaw Raptor Survey (KRS) A skilled raptor counter is needed for the 2011 spring season – March 15th through June 15th at Brockway Mountain, near Copper Harbor in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Pay will be not less than $3,500 and up to $4,000 for an experienced counter. The counter is responsible [...]
That’s it!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Well, the season is over. We ended the year with just under 9600 raptors. You can find all the final numbers on the Hawkcount website: Brockway Mountain Hawkcount! I really enjoyed my time up on the mountain this spring. I saw a lot of very interesting things and met many interesting and friendly folks. I’d [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow is the last day! Greg, Zach and Joe came up and took down the shack today. There was heavy fog for the first hour and a half, then intermittent fog for the next hour. That gave us enough time to get the shack taken apart and ready to move. Once the fog lifted, there [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I guess I missed 4. Rain yesterday ended the count at noon and fog today allowed for only two hours of counting. In that time I saw 1 TURKEY VULTURE!! Three days left.
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Five days left and 5 birds yesterday. 2 BROAD-WINGS, 1 TURKEY VULTURE, 1 MERLIN and 1 UNIDENTIFIABLE BUTEO.
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Posted in Uncategorized on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Zach counted today for me. Winds were out of the south around 5 MPH. Temps were around 17C. Here are the numbers for today: ——————————————————————- Species Day’s Count Month Total Season Total —————— ———– ————– ————– Black Vulture 0 0 0 Turkey Vulture 7 38 765 Osprey 0 2 45 Bald Eagle 3 12 785 [...]
Slow, slow, slow
Posted in Uncategorized on June 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
11 days left and migration has really tapered off. Over the last two days about 50 BROAD-WINGS, 2 RED-TAILS and 4 BALD EAGLES have been recorded. There seems to be a more Adult Broad-wings, I’m starting to wonder if some/most aren’t local. The local young COMMON RAVENS have been hanging around the top of the [...]
Dragonflies!
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The big excitement on the hill was a massive dragonfly hatch somewhere east of Brockway. There were about 25-50 flying west per second for nearly two straight hours! None stopped, but the one I was able to catch was a FOUR-SPOTTED SKIMMER, though from what I could see, the majority of the dragonflies appeared to [...]
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