Counts

No fewer than 175 bird species were spotted flying over the cold near-shore waters of Lake Michigan and along the nearby shoreline this spring as part of the effort by Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, in Ozaukee County, Wis.

Maine Audubon has released the results of its 2016 Loon Count, which is virtually the same as last year's estimate, although it is about 7% lower than the average of the previous five years.

In conjunction with Global Shorebird Day, Sept. 6, a five-day Global Shorebird Counting Event will take place Sept. 2-6.

The Hawk Migration Association of North America celebrated its second annual International Hawk Migration Week (IHMW) September 19-27, 2015 by tallying over 1.3 million migrating hawks, eagles and vultures at over 100 sites throughout Canada, the United States and Mexico.

The purpose of Raptorthon is to have fun seeing as many raptors as possible within a 24-hour period and to raise money to support the Hawk Migration Association of North America (HMANA) and hawkwatchers' work for raptors and hawkwatching throughout the Americas.

Since the spring of 2009, The Center for Conservation Biology and The Nature Conservancy have teamed up to run a "leaving count" of whimbrels around the third week of May. In 2014, the count covered eight days between the 20th and 27th of May and documented 132 flocks totaling 8,249 whimbrels, a new record high for the site.

Andrew Vitz, Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) State Ornithologist, expects final results of the Spring Eagle Survey conducted in April will indicate that a record number of eagles is nesting in Massachusetts.

A recent annual survey of the federally endangered Kirtland's warbler - uniquely Michigan because 98 percent of the entire population breeds within the state - shows its population still remains near an all-time high.

Biologists with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will take to the skies again this month to count how many young bald eagles hatched this spring, buoyed by April aerial survey results suggesting a record number of occupied nests in a record number of counties.

Interested birders are invited to join more than 3,000 volunteer participants spread over 100 counties in six states - Wisconsin and portions of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Indiana - for the 38th annual Midwest Crane Count on Saturday, April 13.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is asking wildlife watchers and birders for their help in count and identify the state's wintering swan populations.

The 2012 season marked a number of milestones for the recovery of the federally endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker in Virginia, as biologists from the Center for Conservation Biology documented modern-day highs at the Nature Conservancy's Piney Grove Preserve for the number of breeding pairs, the number of young fledged and a record-high population count.