Bird Survey for July 30, 2024

by | Jul 31, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  There is good diversity of birds in the Main Pool.  After all the drama last week in Seneca Flats with two adult cranes, a great egret and a great blue heron seeming to stalk a raccoon in a small patch of pickerelweed, Pete and I saw the intact sandhill crane family...

Bird Survey for July 23, 2024

by | Jul 25, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  Sorry for the late posting, I was called into Grandma duty yesterday.   The Main Pool continues to have a good diversity of birds. We didn’t see the tri-colored heron on Tuesday, but others reported it that day and every day since. I saw a least bittern from the...

Bird Survey for July 16, 2024

by | Jul 17, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  Many of you know that the section of the Seneca Trail has been reopened from the restrooms, past the metal tower to the wooden Centennial Deck. YAY!! Access is from the VC parking lot only. And, the other end is still open with access from the parking lot near the...

Bird Survey for July 9, 2024

by | Jul 10, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

    WOW, it has been incredibly HOT!! It doesn’t seem to bother the birds too much though.  But if I think about it, the fact that many of them are swimming or standing in water may have something to do with it!! It must help keep them cooler or cool enough!!  ...

Bird Survey for July 2, 2024

by | Jul 3, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  I am back from an amazing trip to Alaska! HOLY COW, such vastness and rugged splendor!! But there is much to see at the Wetlands Complex!!  Even though Montezuma is a migratory stopover, now that we are into summer, we still have great things to see, hear and...