September 10, 2008

WEATHER: Sunny, mid 60's, with a steady 10 mph south wind made for a slow day.

WATERFOWL:Extremely slow, with barely a handful of waterbirds, including 2 RT Loons, and 6 Redheads.

SHOREBIRDS: 2 Baird's and 1 Least Sandpiper, and 11 Sanderlings.

OTHER BIRDS: 2 Horned Larks spent the day working the tip, and the Peregrine Falcon made a afternoon stop at the tip.


The forecast for tomorrow is calling for a partly sunny day with strong south winds.

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

September 9, 2008

WEATHER: The day started off with sun, a rainstorm, and SW winds. Then changed to sun and NE winds, followed by a short burst of sleet. Things stayed cool and cloudy until the afternoon when things cleared up and the wind shifted to the west and the temperature hit the upper 60's.

WATERFOWL: A slow day, but we did get the first Surf Scoter of the fall, and a RT Loon.

SHOREBIRDS: 1 Am. Golden Plover, 3 Baird's, 2 Least, 1 Buff-breasted, and 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, were the highlights.

OTHER BIRDS: The first Lapland Longspur of the fall was on the beach today, along with the Merlin, and a Peregrine Falcon.


The forecast for tomorrow is calling for sun, and southeast winds.
Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

WEATHER: Sunny, with a strong WNW wind in the morning that died off by the end of the count.

WATERFOWL: The duck diversity continued to be good today with nine species of ducks including; 6 WW Scoters, 48 Northern Pintail, and 81 GW Teal. Only 514 RN Grebes went by today, and 2 RT Loons.

SHOREBIRDS: Slower then yesterday, with 1 Am. Golden Plover, 4 Baird's Sandpipers, and 30 Sanderlings.

JAEGERS: 1 immature dark morph Jaeger, came by just after 7:00 a.m., followed by a adult Parasitic Jaeger a few hundred yards behind it.

The forecast for tomorrow is calling for NW winds, and rain.

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

September 7, 2008

WEATHER: Cloudy skies in the early morning, changed to sun by the end of the count. And with a light breeze out of the west, shifting to NW in the afternoon, and temps in the upper 60's a;; made it a nice day at the tip.

WATERFOWL: A light movement, with good diversity including; 43 Am. Wigeon, BW and GW teal, WW Scoters, Greater Scaup, Co. Goldeneye, and 946 RN Grebes.

SHOREBIRDS: Another good day. Highlights where; 6 Am. Golden Plovers, 1 Buff-breasted and 1 Baird's Sandpiper, 1 Ruddy Turnstone, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 69 Sanderlings, and 1 Whimbrel.

JAEGERS: In the third hour, a 1st year intermediate morph Jaeger was seen well off shore heading south.

OTHER BIRDS: A Merlin was hunting the point at dawn, and the first Peregrine Falcon of the fall was sitting on the tip in the early afternoon. A uncommon sight were 2 Sandhill Cranes walking around the tip early this morning.


The forecast for tomorrow is calling for clouds, west winds and rain.

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

September 6, 2008

WEATHER: It was another cool, cloudy day with a light drizzle in the morning, and a light SW wind.

WATERFOWL: Not much to talk about, 1 Mallard, 3 WW Scoters, 9 Common Loons, and 28 RN Grebes.

SHOREBIRDS: A pretty good day. Highlights where; 2 Am. Golden Plovers, 2 Buff-breasted and 1 Baird's Sandpiper, and 1 Ruddy Turnstone.

Tomorrows forecast is calling for showers and west winds.

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

September 5, 2008

WEATHER: It was a cool, mostly cloudy day with a steady NE 10-15 mph wind.


WATERFOWL: Better then yesterday, but still slow, with 385 RN Grebes, 1 Northern Pintail, and 13 GW Teal.

SHOREBIRDS: The first Am. Golden Plover of the year showed up in the last minute of the count, other peeps around included 2 Baird's Sandpipers, 20 Sanderlings, and 3 Semipalmated Plovers. After the count was over Chris found a Buff-breasted Sandpiper at the tip.

JAEGERS: This evening, Nova spotted a juvenile intermediate morph Parasitic Jaeger working south past the point, the rest of us where able to have good looks at it in the evening light.

Tomorrows forecast is calling for showers and SE winds. After this its looking like a few days of NW winds!

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

September 4, 2008

WEATHER: Cloudy, cool, with a ENE wind that was around 20 mph at dawn, but faded to 5mph or less by the last hour.

WATERFOWL: Another light day, with only 24 RN Grebes. But we did have the first Greater Scaup of the season, and 2 WW Scoters.

SHOREBIRDS: Good numbers around the tip today. 9 Baird's, 1 Buff-breasted, 2 Least Sandpipers, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs, 3 Semi-palmated Plovers, and 22 Sanderlings.

OTHER BIRDS: The first Pipits of the fall showed up today at the tip.

WEATHER; Rain through at least tomorrow morning, with NNW winds will hopefully get some birds moving south.

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

WEATHER: It seemed like today would be a really good day for migration, with northwest winds gusting up to 30 mph. However the birds thought otherwise.

WATERFOWL: Better then the past few days, but still much less then Id hoped for. 353 Red-necked Grebes, 18 Common Loons, 1 RT Loon, 21 GW Teal, 11 BW Teal, and 1 Am. Wigeon.

SHOREBIRDS: 11 Sanderlings, 5 Baird's Sandpipers, 2 Semipalmated Plovers.

OTHER BIRDS: The day started off on a bum note, with a Merlin eating a Sora at the tip. Later in the count a young Osprey came flying in off the lake.

WEATHER; Northwest winds continue in the 10-15 mph range for tomorrow, hopefully some birds will come with it.

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

WEATHER: Sunny, hot, with a south wind around 15 m.p.h. kept the migration from happening.

WATERFOWL: 2 Red-necked Grebes, 1 Common Loon.

SHOREBIRDS: 11 Sanderlings.

OTHER BIRDS: Two Broad-winged Hawks, and the Goshawk made repeated passes around the tip today.

WEATHER; Northwest winds in the 20-30 mph range are forcasted for tomorrow!

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter

September 1, 2008

WEATHER: Another pleasant day at the point. Sunny, with steady winds out of the south, and temps in the upper 70's, resulted in a very slow day.

WATERFOWL: Nonexistent, 4 Mallards where probably the highlight.

SHOREBIRDS: 1 Baird's Sandpiper, and 10 Sanderlings.


OTHER BIRDS: 1 male Black-backed Woodpecker made a brief stop on the Merlin Pole this morning, and one Northern Goshawk continues to be present around the point.

WEATHER; The wind is going to continue out of the south through tomorrow, then become NW Wednesday!

Good Birding,

Tim Baerwald
Waterbird Counter