Ferris Akel has put up an edited YouTube video from our live-streamed Virtual
Shorebird Walk last Saturday (29 Aug). Search for this title:
Knox-Marsellus Marsh With Dave Nutter, 8/29/2020 (HD)
Or use this link:
https://youtu.be/ZNVNXCge18I
At 1:25:13 it’s trimmed down to about half the
While conducting the twice-weekly survey of the Montezuma Refuge Jackie
Bakker, Linda Benedict and I are often privileged to witness some
incredible natural events - a great blue heron in the process of gulping
down an entire muskrat; a peregrine falcon knocking an immature black crown
night heron
Late yesterday afternoon as I was beginning my walk around Beebe Lake, I was
passing over the pedestrian bridge on the west end of the lake. When I looked
up, I saw a bird circling. I was most surprised to see the bright white head
of a BALD EAGLE. Just at that moment another large bird flew