Thanks for the heads up Jay!
As a follow up, best times for viewing the Van Dyne Spoor Rd. location
(Sandhill Crane Unit) are early morning when the sun is at one's back.
On another note, the Refuge WILL be discing and then partially flooding the
field by the Visitor Center to create additional hab
Hi all,
I stopped at East Road at Montezuma NWR last night just before sunset, and
although I didn't quite have time to do a thorough scan, the shorebird
array was quite impressive. Peeps and yellowlegs numbered in the several
hundreds, and other species I was able to pick out included RED-NECKED
P
Activity is heating up at Knox-Marsellus Marsh in Montezuma NWR, as seen
from East Road this evening. Thousands of ducks are joined by some
respectable shorebird numbers, highlighted by a juvenile WILSON'S
PHALAROPE. Both dowitchers and good numbers of Pectoral Sandpipers were
also nice. Over a hun
Shorebirding is as good as ever at Knox-Marsellus at Montezuma, viewing
from Towpath Road right now. Highlights are 4 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS
running around together on the mud, 23 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, Red-necked
and Wilson's phalaropes, Ruddy Turnstone, and 16 other species of
shorebirds.
Ja
