Cattails

 I am struggling to find the time to do write ups at this time.  And sadly, by the time I can get the lists out, the information is old. Sorry. Quick info: folks are finding great, uncommon shorebirds, usually far to the west of the spillway. For example, red knot,...

Thanks to Linda and staff, the drawdown of the Main Pool, despite Mother Nature’s insistence on filling it up, has resulted in a huge area of mudflats for our Northbound migrating shorebirds!! My Seneca County rare bird alerts have included willet, whimbrel, and red...

Currently, there is lots happening in the Wetlands Complex! American white pelicans and a marbled godwit have come and gone, shorebirds and warblers are arriving in greater numbers, and our new babies, goslings and crane colts have appeared. The amazing, muddy...

  Spring is well underway at Montezuma!! Turtles are emerging from their winter quarters, shorebirds are beginning to arrive, eaglets and owlets are growing rapidly, and goslings are appearing along the Wildlife Drive. There have been sightings and pictures of...

There is much to see at Montezuma, especially along the Wildlife Drive. Yesterday and today there have been eBird reports of two American white pelicans in the Main Pool. WOW!! As the receding water concentrates the fish into a smaller area, canvasbacks, ruddy ducks,...

I didn’t do a write up last week due to the blowing snow and high winds shutting my survey down. I will share what I have seen since then. Last Friday, I counted almost 300 Bonaparte’s gulls in the Main pool with Caspian terns and other gulls. Later we had a very...

Yesterday Brenda and I surveyed 10 areas that can be viewed by the public.  You will have some information as the Wildlife Drive and Visitors’ Center opens tomorrow, April 1. (No foolin’.) FYI: Tschache Pool was surveyed from the tower and May’s Point was from the...