Bird Survey for November 30, 2021

by | Nov 30, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  B-r-r-r-r-r!! There was a lot of ice covering the units on Tuesday. So much so that in 4 of the 7 units surveyed, we detected no birds at all! The good news is that there were thousands of ducks in the Main Pool.  Some could be seen from the Seneca Trail tower and...

Bird Survey for November 23, 2021

by | Nov 24, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  We were quite surprised when Linda B. found a late migrant Killdeer yesterday on the Tschache Pool service road!!   A little way further along the road I found two pileated woodpeckers on an ash tree.  I was able to get a pic of one of them. I am still unable to...

Bird Survey for November 19, 2021

by | Nov 20, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  It was a “lifer” for me – the barnacle goose that showed up in the Visitors’ Center Wetland yesterday.  It spent a good part of the day there and was reported to be back there again this morning! By the time Pete and I completed our survey and got back to the VC...

Bird Survey for November 16, 2021

by | Nov 17, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  High water is still impacting most units.  It is amazing to think that two months ago Shorebird Flats was our “hot spot” with ducks, geese, shorebirds and long-legged waders. Yesterday there were no birds to be found there. The water level is at least 2 feet higher...

Bird Survey for November 12, 2021

by | Nov 13, 2021 | Bird Counts, Cattails

The Visitors’ Center Wetland continues to be a “hot spot.”  The Ross’s goose appeared just as we were finishing our survey yesterday. It has been staying pretty close to an adult and juvenile snow geese. Canada Geese pack themselves in there throughout the afternoon....