This was my "home" NWR when I was an undergrad at Evergreen State College. The
key at Nisqually is that it was already poldered with dikes by the farmer that
previously owned the delta so that a walking circuit already exisited (and cut
off the salt marsh estuary). Montezuma doesn't have an open circuit (that I
know of) to allow walkers to make a loop around a sizeable chunk of good
marsh/mudflat habitat and return to the visitor's center lot without
backtracking. Single viewing outposts are often devoid of optimally viewable
birds.
James Norwalk
Animal and Plant Care Technician
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Eaton Hall 302
Geneva, NY 14456
315-781-3919
From: "Barbara B. Eden" mailto:b...@cornell.edu>>
Reply-To: "Barbara B. Eden" mailto:b...@cornell.edu>>
Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 6:14 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
mailto:cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu>>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] MNWR and pedestrians
All,
This place can be a potential model for Montezuma.
http://www.fws.gov/refuge/nisqually/
It is much larger but it is only for pedestrians and birds are close to the
boardwalk and also far away. Wouldn’t
those birds who are more skittish stay farther away from the pedestrians?
~Barbara
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