Muckrace Call for Volunteers

Muckrace Call for Volunteers

by | Aug 30, 2023 | Cattails

Hello Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex members! We are looking for some volunteers to fill a couple of slots at the desk at the Montezuma Audubon Center for this year’s Muckrace event. We are in need of someone during the Friday (9/8), 6-9pm position...

Bird Survey for August 29, 2023

by | Aug 30, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

   Pete and Linda did the survey yesterday as I was providing programming for a group of youth from Victor Parks and Recreation. The water level at Knox-Marsellus Marsh is being lowered to help provide shorebird habitat that, if Mother Nature cooperates, should be...

Bird Survey for August 22, 2023

by | Aug 23, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

 The Wildlife Drive and Seneca Trail were closed on Monday (08/21) late afternoon, for a couple of days for habitat management. The great news is that there are other wonderful areas (South Spring Pool and Esker Brook Trails for hiking, Tschache Pool Tower, May’s...

Bird Survey for August 15, 2023

by | Aug 16, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

Yesterday’s survey was plagued with rain, fog and more rain.  We gave up after we completed the units along the Wildlife Drive. Linda B assisted and we got wet surveying in the cab of a truck. The rain fell in, blew in and all of it made visibility extremely poor,...

Bird Survey for August 11, 2023

by | Aug 12, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

We started our day on Van Dyne Spoor Road.  A short distance down the road, Allyn found an American bittern in the marsh!  We have been consistently seeing one in that area this summer.  A little bit further down the road we heard a Virginia rail.  At the far eastern...