Bird Survey for May 25 2021

by | May 27, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

Normally it would take much longer for the Main Pool to draw down, but we have had so little rain. Refuge staff have diverted water into the Main Pool area in hopes to provide adequate habitat for the end of the shorebird migration. The lack of rain has also caused...

Bird Survey for May 21 2021

by | May 21, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

It didn’t take long to survey the units around the Wildlife drive today. We started on the Seneca Trail Tower a little after 8:00 and had great lighting before there was too much glare and heat shimmer. We saw a huge number of bald eagles (6 adults/44 immature)...

Bird Survey for May 18 2021

by | May 21, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

The Main Pool along the first part of the Wildlife Drive is almost completely dry! There is still a shallow channel with some fish. That channel, that can also be seen from the Seneca Trail Tower, is becoming “eagle central,” especially in the early part...

Bird Survey for May 14 2021

by | May 17, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

Highlights: glossy ibis near the Seneca Spillway (pic), sandhill crane pair with 1 chick (pic) Main Pool, great egrets in their finest (pic) near the spillway, Canada goose pair with 22 goslings (pic) in Eaton Marsh. It actually must be a pre-school to have that many...