Further to earlier comments, the species does seem to be surging
northward. Birder friends in NYC have reported them from Central Park
and in every one of the borroughs! Interestingly the migrant Anax
Junius (Common Green Darner) was just reported from NYC yesterday, a
good two weeks after our
There’s been an Osprey on one of the snags in the back pond of Sapsucker Woods
the last three mornings. I saw it between 8 and 8:30 the last two mornings.
It’s best viewed from the Sherwood Platform at the back of the pond or the
bridge between the Wilson Trail and the Visitor Center entrance.
The Common Gallinule continues this evening on the pond at Sapsucker Woods,
sitting in brush along the dike that forms the southern border of the main
pond, just west of two beaver-chewed trees and southeast of the main dead
snag. May or may not be visible from outside the visitor center, but can
Good afternoon,
I wanted to share a few tour opportunities coming at the Montezuma Audubon
Center during the month of May. Going on tours led by Audubon Staff is a great
way for beginners to learn all the hot spots of Montezuma birding, or if you're
a bit more advanced...well it's nice to be
Yes, there are several species of dragonfly that are migratory. The
Common Green Darner, a long term study species of ours) is the most
common. The Tramea (saddlebags), Anax longipes (Comet darner) and
others are also migrant. In fall the Green Darner and others head
southward. The Pantala
