Bird Survey for October 24, 2023

by | Oct 25, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

 DUCKS ARE US!!  Oodles of ducks, mostly dabblers, are in the Main Pool.  I noticed that the water level had dropped there. Come to find out, the Refuge’s Comprehensive Plan calls for them to create habitat for dabblers, who prefer/need shallow water. They believe...

Bird Survey for October 17, 2023

by | Oct 18, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

Dabbler duck and Canada goose numbers continue to increase around the Refuge. A great place from which to observe birds is the Seneca Trail Tower. From there one can see into the southern end of the Main Pool; that area cannot be seen from the Wildlife Drive. ...

Bird Survey for October 10, 2023

by | Oct 11, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  Autumn is in the air!! Our waterfowl numbers are increasing, leaves are changing colors and our temperatures have been dropping!! The sandhill cranes appear to be gathering (staging) in the usual areas. On Monday morning I saw about 100 down in Knox-Marsellus Marsh....

Bird Survey for October 03, 2023

by | Oct 4, 2023 | Bird Counts, Cattails

IT REALLY WAS A ROSS’S GOOSE!! I got the Ebird rare bird alert yesterday morning and thought yeah, sure, I don’t think so!  Someone must be confusing it with a herring gull. (Trust me, people have confused stranger things!!) When we got back to the Visitors’ Center we...