Tim Baerwald

June added over 1400 raptors to the season total, primarily made up by 1200 Broad-winged Hawks (mostly juveniles) including a season high... Read More

Despite good flying weather the raptor migration dropped off after May 19th, with daily totals only breaking the hundred mark one time... Read More

Despite the calendar turning to May, migration for this period was nearly non-existent due to continued non-south winds (much like last spring…)... Read More

While the daytime winds have been northerly, the nocturnal southerly winds have brought spring migration to the Keweenaw with new passerines present... Read More

Since the last post the weather has taken a turn for the worse with seemingly endless days of non-south winds coupled with... Read More

The weather lately has consisted of rain, fog, and snow resulting in a lack of raptor migration. But other birds have been... Read More

While the April weather thus far hasn’t been great for raptor migration, April 5 and 9 were outstanding and definite highlights of... Read More

April felt slow. Typically the last half of the month gets some south winds which brings in the Broad-winged’s, this year that... Read More