Bird Survey for Oct. 27 2020

by | Oct 28, 2020 | Bird Counts, Cattails

DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE!! A trip around the Wildlife Drive will give you plenty of both. When the eagles are not swooping around over the water, some puddle ducks (Northern Pintails, Northern Shovelers, American Wigeon, Mallards, Gadwall and Green-winged Teal) and Canada...

Bird Survey for Oct. 20 2020

by | Oct 21, 2020 | Bird Counts, Cattails

I won’t complain (even though I would really like to) about the much needed rain and resulting poor visibility and cold for a good amount of our survey today. However, it didn’t seem to bother the thousands of ducks and Canada Geese on the Main Pool. We...

Bird Survey for Oct. 14 2020

by | Oct 15, 2020 | Bird Counts, Cattails

Today was a nearly perfect weather day on the Refuge for this time of year!! It was sunny and comfortable in the car with a window down for viewing. There was a fairly steady stream of cars along the Drive Wildlife with folks enjoying this wonderful day! A notable...

Bird Survey for Oct. 07 2020

by | Oct 8, 2020 | Bird Counts, Cattails

They’re baack! The Main Pool has a few thousand ducks!! This week there are plenty of dabblers (puddle ducks – Mallards, American Wigeon, Gadwall, Green and Blue winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Northern Shovelers and Black Ducks) and a respectable showing of divers...

Bird Survey for 09/29/2020

by | Oct 2, 2020 | Bird Counts, Cattails

The Visitor Center Pool has water and is filing up with great birds!! The Main Pool has increasing numbers of waterfowl. Most of the ducks are dabbler (puddle) ducks but the diver ducks are beginning to show up too. I have seen Wilson’s Snipe in Seneca Flats for the...