Bird Survey for October 28, 2022

by | Oct 29, 2022 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  The Refuge was shrouded in dense fog when we arrived yesterday morning for our survey.  We waited a while then headed out to Tschache Pool. The fog had mostly cleared but I got a pic near the heron rookery that still had a mystical look.  The Main Pool is absolutely...

Bird Survey for October 25, 2022

by | Oct 26, 2022 | Bird Counts, Cattails

Many thanks to Linda Mott for surveying for me yesterday with Linda B. so I could have a particularly fun day. I did a program for 33 of the most delightfully engaged students and 2 advisors in an Ecology Club from Central Valley Academy in Illion, NY.  We had another...

Bird Survey for October 21, 2022

by | Oct 22, 2022 | Bird Counts, Cattails

We experienced a glorious weather day on the Wetlands Complex yesterday, complete with magnificent Autumn colors just about everywhere we looked!!  However, in some areas we noticed that the leaves have already dropped, leaving the trees bare.  A sign of advancing...

Bird Survey for October 18, 2022

by | Oct 19, 2022 | Bird Counts, Cattails

DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE!! The Main Pool is loaded with them!! Sometimes the Canada geese arrive in large, noisy waves.  Several times last Monday, we watched groups of wave after wave of geese fly over the Visitors’ Center and drift down into the Main Pool. Often the...

Bird Survey for October 14, 2022

by | Oct 15, 2022 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  Today, I’m including Tuesday’s list along with yesterday’s list.  By the time I got Tuesday’s list I was too tired to do anything with it, SORRY! I did survive the grandkids!! Actually, they were really well behaved and I loved it. It is just exhausting work...