I asked about walks at Knox-Marsellus the next 2 Saturdays, which may have been too short of a lead time. Refuge staff replied that instead of having any more walks this year, they are instead going to plan for a better program next year.
I suggested that an expanded time frame would be good, because the southbound shorebird migration in Seneca County is from early July through October with a varying mix of species. However, I think we must all understand that the refuge has several big challenges: first, creating bare mud and shallow water habitat; second, maintaining habitat during that time frame as vegetation takes over, or re-creating habitat in separate places; third, figuring out whether and how the public might be allowed to view those places given concerns of birds breeding, banding activity, the need to mow or cut viewing gaps, among other refuge concerns. - - Dave Nutter Begin forwarded message: > From: "Van Beusichem, Andrea" <andrea_vanbeusic...@fws.gov> > Date: August 21, 2023 at 9:50:02 AM EDT > To: Dave Nutter <nutter.d...@me.com> > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] May I lead walks at Knox-Marsellus & Puddler 8/26 & > 9/2? > > Hi Dave, > > Thank you for your help getting the word out and getting the attendees lists > to Reuben for the the guided shorebird walks this year. We agree that these > walks are a great opportunity for people! However, we feel the need to > reevaluate how we are managing this opportunity, so we will not be providing > more walks this year. We will pick it up again next year. > > Take care, > Andrea > > Andrea Van Beusichem > Visitor Services Manager > Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge > 3395 US-20 East > Seneca Falls, NY 13148 > Cell: 315-237-9862 > Desk: 315-568-5987 x4228 > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
