Joann and I took a ride though Montezuma this afternoon and had a great time.
The south end of the visitor center was busy. We hadn’t heard of the
Hudsonian Godwit in a couple days so were very happy to find it along the sw
edge. There were good numbers of both Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpipers along
that edge but those numbers jumped up when the flock hidden in the channel to
the south flew up. It included 3 Stilt Sandpipers. They and the Godwit worked
that way and out of sight. A Black-bellied Plover landed on the sw shore which
also held 4 Snipe. An American Bittern worked in and out of the reeds there.
Numbers of Wigeon and Pintail are growing there and on the main pool.
The open water in the north end of Larue Lagoon had our days highlight.
Joann picked out an Otter working the edge there! Our third ever on the refuge.
It turned sharply and lunged out after a fish and in doing that it chased a
Least Bittern up from the reeds into plain sight.
The Sandhill Crane population is starting to grow at Knox-Marcellus and is
up to 33. It’ll be interesting to see if they continue there with no water.
Mike Tetlow
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