The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory

16914 N Whitefish Point Road, Paradise, MI 49768,  Phone: (906) 492-3596)

Whitefish Point Bird Observatory's Spring 2004 Daily Estimated Totals (Unofficial)
Type Total 8/14/04 08/15/05 08/16/05 08/17/05 08/18/05 08/19/05 08/20/05 08/21/05 08/22/05 08/23/05 08/24/05 08/25/05 08/26/05 08/27/05 08/28/05 08/29/05 08/30/05 08/31/05 09/01/05 09/02/05 09/03/05 09/04/05 09/05/05 09/06/05 09/07/05 09/08/05 09/09/05 09/10/05 09/11/05 09/12/05 09/13/05 09/14/05 09/15/05 09/16/05 09/17/05 09/18/05 09/19/05 09/20/05 09/21/05 09/22/05 09/23/05 09/24/05 09/25/05 09/26/05 09/27/05 09/28/05 09/29/05 09/30/05 10/01/05 10/02/05 10/03/05 10/04/05 10/05/05 10/06/05 10/07/05 10/08/05 10/09/05 10/10/05 10/11/05 10/12/05 10/13/05 10/14/05 10/15/05 10/16/05 10/17/05 10/18/05
diunrnal raptor 790 4 20 19 7 7 8 3 7 9 14 23 32 47 35 20 15 19 17 22 5 11 28 18 32 23 11 20 10 15 28 26 18 10 7 8 10 15 14 8 5 5 5 5 10 2 0 1 7 12 4 6 4 6 2 5 0 7 9 4 5 7 24 5 2 2 1
misc. landbird 172 1 1 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 0 6 2 3 0 3 6 8 11 2 2 3 7 1 2 2 7 9 5 3 2 2 1 3 6 7 3 2 4 7 1 0 3 0
owl 202 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 5 5 0 8 1 1 8 1 2 9 9 0 6 0 10 4 9 0 12 0 4 15 20 12 12 6 10 12 0 11 0
shorebird 904 2 6 22 24 15 7 15 29 25 14 16 6 15 22 15 86 24 12 12 12 35 24 9 32 28 22 34 11 6 22 26 8 26 8 3 16 4 5 3 11 6 6 14 11 7 7 4 4 7 4 13 11 20 14 6 10 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 41 0 0
songbird 10,021 43 45 25 15 12 21 44 3 13 93 109 65 61 71 220 115 53 37 119 15 60 48 78 41 54 175 97 129 110 360 340 209 269 180 214 322 177 223 333 265 254 177 160 114 267 202 110 211 401 327 347 195 273 362 93 119 166 143 176 120 152 228 91 147 214 109
waterbird 65,012 359 808 788 636 525 338 1,042 839 402 241 347 427 359 1,557 1,372 630 551 331 1,153 535 1,759 570 363 426 2,026 819 435 370 430 209 660 4,004 1,017 701 606 680 644 880 2,610 3,636 495 370 2,067 1,768 1,746 673 987 698 598 477 572 437 1,131 1,125 617 575 761 705 1,305 589 828 1,475 1,044 3,150 1,582 3,152
  Total 77,101 409 880 861 684 562 374 1,105 878 449 363 499 531 483 1,685 1,628 848 650 398 1,306 567 1,866 671 470 534 2,133 1,030 586 521 563 620 1,055 4,241 1,322 906 838 1,036 845 1,125 2,968 3,926 772 568 2,249 1,908 2,038 892 1,104 928 1,025 831 947 659 1,432 1,517 722 711 956 887 1,501 729 997 1,745 1,153 3,340 1,812 3,262
Full Name Sp. Code Type Total 08/14/05 08/15/05 08/16/05 08/17/05 08/18/05 08/19/05 08/20/05 08/21/05 08/22/05 08/23/05 08/24/05 08/25/05 08/26/05 08/27/05 08/28/05 08/29/05 08/30/05 08/31/05 09/01/05 09/02/05 09/03/05 09/04/05 09/05/05 09/06/05 09/07/05 09/08/05 09/09/05 09/10/05 09/11/05 09/12/05 09/13/05 09/14/05 09/15/05 09/16/05 09/17/05 09/18/05 09/19/05 09/20/05 09/21/05 09/22/05 09/23/05 09/24/05 09/25/05 09/26/05 09/27/05 09/28/05 09/29/05 09/30/05 10/01/05 10/02/05 10/03/05 10/04/05 10/05/05 10/06/05 10/07/05 10/08/05 10/09/05 10/10/05 10/11/05 10/12/05 10/13/05 10/14/05 10/15/05 10/16/05 10/17/05 10/18/05
Greater White-fronted Goose GWFG waterbird 0
Snow Goose SNGO waterbird 0
Brant BRAN waterbird 0
Cackling Goose CACG waterbird 78 3 5 2 41 27
Canada Goose CANG waterbird 3,678 7 22 13 4 1 21 98 32 2 22 32 33 37 1 58 506 226 140 36 130 301 49 682 40 66 78 355 9 78 14 34 9 94 91 166 24 50 92 25
goose, sp. waterbird 0
Mute Swan MUSW waterbird 0
Tundra Swan TUSW waterbird 0
Tundra/Trum Swan waterbird 0
swan species waterbird 6 6
Wood Duck WODU waterbird 0
Gadwall GADW waterbird 90 7 3 11 17 11 2 8 5 3 1 2 1 1 9 5 2 2
American Wigeon AMWI waterbird 1,075 2 2 17 8 14 18 167 3 5 2 24 148 18 3 38 142 54 4 16 19 97 79 29 17 15 1 14 8 6 4 6 22 41 23 9
American Black Duck AMDU waterbird 80 1 2 1 16 27 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 18 2
Mallard MALL waterbird 747 1 3 5 1 31 5 2 13 4 3 19 1 10 17 1 10 32 6 14 4 1 14 17 33 23 65 64 3 2 17 6 24 18 71 10 2 1 7 5 2 75 4 72 1 29
Blue-winged Teal BWTE waterbird 2,100 1 252 129 294 109 8 590 30 82 5 385 44 4 65 3 2 17 31 2 1 20 21 1 2 2
Northern Shoveler NSHO waterbird 101 1 10 1 2 3 19 5 9 1 19 10 3 11 2 5
Northern Pintail NOPI waterbird 532 1 6 13 3 2 9 32 38 1 1 5 1 60 3 14 16 4 4 10 1 25 3 98 4 2 4 8 159 4 1
Green-winged Teal GWTE waterbird 906 1 5 9 1 2 80 4 7 22 26 8 15 1 1 4 1 13 3 9 12 4 43 1 5 20 3 4 1 12 5 1 207 64 6 2 1 15 1 281 6
teal, sp. waterbird 192 3 1 32 21 20 22 1 9 28 2 27 5 1 10 2 4 1 1 1 1
dabbler, sp. waterbird 93 1 4 2 2 12 1 1 4 2 7 44 3 10
Canvasback CANV waterbird 0
Redhead REDH waterbird 386 1 10 4 3 2 117 2 10 47 14 3 5 15 1 4 4 11 22 45 17 15 4 30
Ring-necked Duck RNDU waterbird 108 1 75 6 3 3 4 6 2 7 1
Greater Scaup GRSC waterbird 4,530 1 1 2 6 6 5 12 6 18 15 3 15 574 227 71 6 868 97 622 81 148 56 151 23 26 54 54 91 3 19 16 9 242 39 56 174 135 367 27 204
Lesser Scaup LESC waterbird 71 1 13 2 11 3 2 3 6 1 4 6 1 3 15
scaup, sp. waterbird 755 1 1 4 3 152 42 12 15 176 4 18 1 14 41 23 19 8 31 1 4 40 41 104
Aythya, sp. waterbird 1,297 46 1 7 7 294 10 19 32 25 2 4 13 2 82 8 69 13 619 44
King Eider KIEI waterbird 0
Common Eider COEI waterbird
eider, sp. waterbird 0
Harlequin Duck HADU waterbird
Surf Scoter SUSC waterbird 309 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 34 13 15 3 35 32 2 3 1 4 15 2 9 7 6 18 6 3 38 5 24 3 19
White-winged Scoter WWSC waterbird 2,476 4 6 9 5 1 5 3 4 1 7 3 7 4 1 13 24 29 22 2 27 2 32 75 6 8 201 63 39 5 65 32 50 21 17 8 53 198 73 111 204 51 123 28 47 126 199 235 7 220
Black Scoter BLSC waterbird 62 3 3 11 3 1 2 2 29 4 4
dark-winged Scoter waterbird 118 5 9 2 2 1 8 7 15 7 20 16 12 2 12
scoter, sp. waterbird 5 5
Long-tailed Duck LTDU waterbird 2,906 2 5 8 1 5 11 6 86 64 17 119 25 23 86 19 124 1,120 1,185
Bufflehead BUFF waterbird 162 1 7 62 8 84
Common Goldeneye COGO waterbird 148 6 8 11 1 6 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 13 1 10 2 1 16 58
Hooded Merganser HOME waterbird 6 6
Common Merganser COME waterbird 439 10 11 11 20 12 12 14 3 4 21 24 15 3 30 10 4 2 6 6 5 3 23 16 4 20 3 9 9 2 12 12 10 1 2 4 12 4 3 5 12 8 4 9 1 1 6 1 4 3 3 3 6 1
Red-breasted Merganser RBME waterbird 3,210 2 1 1 3 10 4 15 3 17 1 5 3 33 18 14 184 20 23 8 27 4 7 16 24 8 102 199 42 19 27 72 160 95 274 129 93 680 100 767
merganser, sp. waterbird 1 1
duck, sp. waterbird 449 2 7 8 1 15 15 23 23 25 33 2 8 5 10 4 1 146 18 103
Ruffed Grouse RUGR misc. landbird 5 1 2 1 1
Spruce Grouse SPGR misc. landbird 0
Sharp-tailed Grouse STGR misc. landbird 1 1
Red-throated Loon RTLO waterbird 474 1 3 1 1 3 4 3 7 36 25 14 3 4 13 25 35 85 10 2 57 28 22 5 4 7 6 2 3 4 16 2 4 2 1 5 1 11 12 4 3
Pacific Loon PALO waterbird 3 1 1 1
Common Loon COLO waterbird 3,305 8 10 27 7 2 6 23 12 3 2 4 1 4 13 14 60 3 11 32 110 30 21 11 64 65 42 10 10 6 56 71 111 109 37 151 136 24 97 884 130 29 49 231 35 6 20 15 14 32 9 8 39 70 32 23 27 35 26 15 16 2 54 54 16 31
loon, sp. waterbird 2 2
Pied-billed Grebe PBGR waterbird 0
Horned Grebe HOGR waterbird 319 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 6 1 10 7 6 5 2 6 34 12 7 15 6 10 19 21 19 19 13 3 10 2 2 2 4 7 7 1 2 41 4 3
Red-necked Grebe RNGR waterbird 12,927 227 375 135 39 38 266 353 198 60 20 8 4 260 671 29 123 62 70 46 1,158 224 36 11 937 337 65 6 4 6 4 3,211 94 56 10 35 21 161 228 1,095 49 6 31 751 115 30 132 98 27 38 20 9 4 11 13 11 73 181 27 9 42 212 132 122 16 85
Eared Grebe EAGR waterbird 0
American White Pelican AWPE waterbird 0
Double-crested Cormorant DCCO waterbird 270 3 9 13 11 8 8 2 4 9 13 11 18 4 14 14 14 9 7 6 2 1 4 2 5 4 4 2 1 2 6 2 12 7 5 3 1 2 1 5 1 16 1 2 3 1 1
American Bittern AMBI waterbird 2 1 1
Least Bittern LEBI waterbird 0
Great Blue Heron GBHE waterbird 43 1 5 1 2 2 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Great Egret GREG waterbird 0
Snowy Egret SNEG waterbird 0
Tricolored Heron TRHE waterbird 0
Cattle Egret CAEG waterbird 0
Green Heron GRHE waterbird 0
Black-crowned Night-Heron BCNH waterbird 0
Glossy Ibis GLIB waterbird 0
ibis sp. waterbird 0
Turkey Vulture TUVU diurnal raptor 291 2 7 9 1 2 4 2 2 3 9 13 16 14 19 2 8 9 9 8 3 4 20 14 22 8 5 14 9 3 3 5 14 3 3 3 1 11 4 1 2 1 1
Osprey OSPR diurnal raptor 5 2 1 1 1
Mississippi Kite MIKI diurnal raptor 0
Bald Eagle BAEA diurnal raptor 91 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 6 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 2 5 2 1
Northern Harrier NOHA diurnal raptor 60 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 6 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk SSHA diurnal raptor 45 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1