The Whitefish Point Bird Observatory is located in Chippewa County, Michigan, next to the Whitefish Point Unit, the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. The observatory is a non-profit research and education facility of the Michigan Audubon Society. The Society and the Observatory have recorded more than 300 species of birds at Whitefish Point. The Observatory is part of a network of bird observatories in the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network. The observatory records and documents the bird population of the Great Lakes region by doing data collection, bird banding and research. Land and water of the Whitefish Point create a natural corridor for thousands of birds during spring and fall migrations. Golden eagles, merlins, peregrine falcons, boreal owls, red-throated loons, great gray owls, red-necked grebes, scoters, and jaegers are some of the birds that can be observed during migration.
16914 N Whitefish Point Rd, Paradise, MI 49768, Phone: 906-492-3596
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