Wildlife Stories with Steve Lindberg
Steve Lindberg presents a collage of wildlife images captured in the Marquette, MI area. Watch and enjoy Steve’s narration of “Wildlife Stories”
Adventures in Birding South Africa
The next Laughing Whitefish Audubon Meeting will be held on Zoom and Facebook on Wednesday, September 15, at 7 PM. The information will be posted on the LWAS Facebook page including the ZOOM link. On Wednesday 9/15, on the LWAS Facebook page, attendees can click on the GO TO LINK button, OR …
Pre-count Information – 121st CBC
2020 LWAS Audubon Christmas Bird Count Dates MORE ABOUT THE CBC (Ann Joyal) Christmas Bird Counts this year will take on a different format to account for restrictions caused by the COVID-19 virus. A few differences to help with COVID-19 safety for this year:1) There will be no in-person gatherings …
Population Changes among birds of Houghton and Keweenaw Counties in the last century
Recorded October 14, 2020 – LWAS Zoom Meeting – a presentation by David Flaspohler, Professor, College of Forest Resources and Environmental Studies, Michigan Tech University CLICK HERE TO READ QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS POSTED ON FACEBOOK FEED
COVID UPDATE
Hey folks, If you are wondering when we will start back up with a regular schedule, so are we. The new website will help us communicate better and soon we will announce some on-line events. What are your suggestions? Let us know on our Facebook page or on Twitter.
Michigamme Highlands CBC Report
The third annual Michigamme Highlands Christmas Bird Count was held last Sunday, 12/28. Eleven participants counted a total of 977 birds from 25species. This ties our species count from the first year and is up from 21 recorded in 2013. We added two new species this time, Barred Owl and Pine Siskin, which …
Gwinn Christmas Bird Count
The 21st Gwinn Christmas Bird Count (CBC), held on January 3, yielded exactly 1000 birds of 28 species. Historically, the CBC was originally conducted for eight years from 1980 to 1987. In 2002, the count was resurrected, shifted to early January, and completed every year except for one since.During the …
Marquette 2014 Christmas Bird Count
We experienced relatively warm weather and calm winds on Saturday, Dec. 20, and general consensus was that because of the good weather, birds were not concentrated in the areas they would be in worse conditions: feeders and harbors. Overall bird numbers seemed low, but we ended up with a respectable …
2014 Peshekee Trip
This morning eight of us birded our way up the Peshekee Grade in MarquetteCounty for the annual field trip held by the Laughing Whitefish AudubonSociety. We were all a bit surprised to find nearly 6″ of snow already onthe ground there, and by midmorning more was coming down hard. That …
August Bog Walk
Yesterday morning (8/9) I led a group of birders on a tour around the Bog Walk on Presque Isle in Marquette for the monthly walk sponsored by the Laughing Whitefish Audubon Society. We had great weather and a wonderful assortment of birds, with some signs that fall is upon us. Apparent …