Hi folks..
Keep in mind thas there is a limit to how many can attend the shorebird
walks and pre-registration is required.
Pete Sar
On Sat, Aug 7, 2021, 8:13 PM bob mcguire
wrote:
> If you haven’t taken the time to search out the Roseate Spoonbill, Wood
> Stork, and Black-bellied Whistling Ducks at Montezuma, it appears that
> there is still time. All three species were seen this afternoon from East
> Road overlooking Knox-Marsellus Marsh. Granted that the views were distant
> for several of them, and a scope was absolutely necessary for the ducks.
>
> I went up today, mainly to scout the shorebird habitat and found that K-M
> Marsh is just about the only accessible spot in the Montezuma Complex.
> There were a few Yellowlegs in Eaton Marsh and a few peeps along the
> channel that drains the Main Pool in the Refuge, but other favorite sites
> such as Mays Pool and Carncross Road were either overgrown with
> miscellaneous vegetation or had been drawn down. K-M Marsh had a large
> group of Yellowlegs, about evenly split between Greater and Lesser. In
> addition there were over 20 Sandhill Cranes, close to 200 Great Egrets and
> nearly that many Great Blue Herons, plus an assortment of ducks,
> Pied-billed Grebes, Caspian Terns, gulls, Double-crested Cormorants and a
> few Bald Eagles. I also heard reports from the morning that Sora and Least
> Bittern were seen from Towpath Road.
>
> Next Saturday begins the series of dike walks at K-M Marsh (see the Cayuga
> Bird Club FB page for information:
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/cayugabirdclub).
> This will be a great opportunity to get close to the shorebirds and,
> hopefully the rare birds mentioned above.
>
> Bob McGuire
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