Date: 11/21/24 4:32 am
From: Nancy Cusumano <nancycusumano62...>
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Montezuma Magic
ANyone want to guess if the cranes will still be around today given the
change in weather? Or will they have moved on?

Thank you,

Nancy Cusumano

On Wed, Nov 20, 2024 at 7:02 AM Peter Saracino <petersaracino...>
wrote:

> Folks it's a great time to visit the Refuge.
> On our survey yesterday (11/19) we had 252 cranes at the Visitor Center
> alone. Literally thousands of ducks (mostly divers) on the Main Pool -
> including over 500 ruddy ducks, a couple of hundred canvassbacks, over a
> thousand redheads, hundreds of ringneck and some common and hooded mergs
> and even some scaup.....not to mention hundreds of geese, and over 100
> tundra swans (many more swans to come!)- and Coots and grebes are still
> present as well. Even some species of dabblers remain although it appears
> many have left us.
> In viewing the scene through the unique window Montezuma offers, one
> cannot help but feel of a sense of urgency as the Season inexorably
> progresses.
> This window will soon be closing, so come visit and experience a sense of
> the awe, wonder and mystery that comes from witnessing the enormous
> waterfowl migration currently taking place across the continent.
> Hope yo see you there!
> Pete Saracino/Refuge Volunteer Naturalist
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