Eagle Watch Saturdays 2024

Eagle Watch Saturdays 2024

Eagle Watch 2024 Come join as at Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge’s Cayuga Overlook every Saturday March 30th-May 11th from 10am – 2pm for our Eagle Watch program! Talk with our volunteer eagle experts and learn about these majestic birds, and better yet – see...
Raptors: Fierce Feathered Friends

Raptors: Fierce Feathered Friends

Rough-legged Hawk photo by Melissa Mance Fierce and fully adapted to being a predator on the wing, raptors or birds of prey rule the skies.  Diurnal raptors hunt during daylight hours and consist of hawks, falcons and eagles.  Nocturnal raptors are in the...
Getting Our Wood Ducks in a Row

Getting Our Wood Ducks in a Row

Wood Duck Pair by Sandy Geschwender It was a gray but unusually warm February day as I followed refuge biologist Paul Hess through the winter woodlands at Iroquois National Wildlife refuge. We were headed for a row of wood duck boxes along the edge of a seasonally...