Bird Survey for September 24, 2024

by | Sep 25, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  Now that we are officially into Autumn, I’ve noticed some changes.  The dabbler duck numbers are increasing, the leaves on many trees are becoming more colorful, the late summer flower blossoms are fading and the New England asters are absolutely, gorgeous!! I’m...

Bird Survey for September 17, 2024

by | Sep 19, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

 Sorry, this is late, I was called into Grandma duty yesterday. We are seeing many species that we would expect to see this time of year.  We had some cool sightings in the mix; dowitchers in Seneca Flats, Wilson’s snipe in Benning Marsh and on Monday morning there...

Native Plant Festival and Sale September 21, 2024

by | Sep 16, 2024 | Cattails

The Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex is having its 2nd annual Native Plant Festival and Sale on Saturday, September 21 at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. The first event of the day, is a guided walk with Master Naturalist, Pete Saracino starting at 8 am....

Bird Survey for September 10, 2024

by | Sep 11, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

Last Friday evening through Saturday was the 27th Annual Montezuma Muckrace.  We had 40 teams and 168 participants out on the Montezuma Wetlands Complex for 24 hours searching for as many different species of birds as could be found. Despite a LOT of mosquitoes and...

Bird Survey for September 03, 2024

by | Sep 4, 2024 | Bird Counts, Cattails

  The great news is that we are two days away from the Friends’ Annual Montezuma Muckrace!! The not so great news is that rain is predicted for much of Saturday.  However, according to my weather app, the percent chance of rain and the amount of accumulation have been...