Hello all,
It was a very cold and blustery morning, but had good birding. Here are a few
notes about my trip:
-I did not see any cranes at the Sandhill Crane Unit on Van Dyne Spoor Rd. Many
ducks out in the distance! Hard to see with the snow. White-crowned sparrows
were making some noise on t
Some cool birds observed today (4/10/18) during part one of weekly survey of
the Montezuma Refuge:1 Common Moorehen on Main Pool4 Great Egrets at Tschache
Pool1 Greater Yellowlegs at Seneca FlatsHundreds of tree swallows perched on
marsh vegetation at May's Point Pool.Migration IS underway!!Jac
Had a vew birds of interest at the refuge (didn’t go on Knox-Marsellus hike).
Had a Wilson's phalarope along with pectoral, semi-palmated, & least sandpipers
(and a couple unidentified as of yet). Also had both yellowlegs & Semipalmated
plovers, all at Benning Marsh.
Esker Brook trail was very
I spent yesterday evening and this morning exploring the north end of
the basin. Here are the highlights:
MNWR wildlife drive: even though the Seneca river is still quite high,
there was a single SOLITARY SANDPIPER holding its ground in the
traditional "solitary spot" at the beginning of th
