Montezuma Audubon Center
Center Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Center is closed on federal holidays.
Trail Hours:
Sunrise – Sunset, Daily
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Open April 1 – November 30, sunrise to sunset, weather-depending
Visitor Center
Open April 1 – November 30, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm , weather-depending
Projects
We support habitat restoration and management, wildlife conservation, and enhancement projects at the Montezuma Wetlands Complex.
Ongoing Programs
What’s New
Updates From the Refuge
Summer may be wrapping up, but there’s lots happening at Montezuma! Andrea from the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge has some exciting updates, event reminders, and a few ways you can get involved with the new headquarters office/visitor center — check out her message below....
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Seeking Public Input on Draft Compatibility Determination for Research and Surveys
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a Draft Compatibility Determination regarding proposed research and survey activities at Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge. The public comment period will be open from June 9 through June 22, 2025. To read...
Bird Survey for May 27, 2025
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,...
Bird Survey for May 19, 2025
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...
Bird Survey for May 06, 2025
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...
Bird Survey for April 29, 2025
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...
Bird Survey for April 22, 2025
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,...
Bird Survey for April 16, 2025
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...
Bird Survey for March 30, 2025
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...
Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex Update for March 23, 2025
Hello and Happy Spring!! There have been three Complex wide waterfowl counts in March. The first two had lots of ice cover, but last week’s had lots of open water. However, you probably already figured it out, that ducks, geese, swans, sandhill cranes, some raptors...