What is in a Wood Duck Box
Many of the Volunteers at the Refuge check wood duck boxes in the fall and in the winter months on the Iroquois NWR. Normally they find unused boxes or boxes used by wood ducks, hooded …
Category: Wildlife
Keeping an Eye (or Ear) on the Refuge’s Woodcock Population
Every year about this time, on calm rain-free nights, Refuge staff and volunteers go out and stand along the roadside in the fading light of day. This may seem like an unusual way to spend …
Cavity Nesters at Iroquois in 2011
The cavity nesters at Iroquois NWR were successful in 2011. The eastern bluebird fledged 67 birds this year down only one from last year. This compares to the record high year of 2009 when 80 …
Chasing Refuge Bats
New York State is home to at least nine different species of bats including the northern bat, little brown bat, Indiana bat, hoary bat, big brown bat, red bat, and small-footed bat. This summer we …
Iroquois Duck Banders have the Blues
Actually, what the title of this article should say is, “Iroquois Duck Banders Have The BlueWINGS.” That’s because the Refuge banded 181 blue-winged teal during the 2011 waterfowl banding season. That’s more bluewings than we’ve …
Kestrels, Bluebirds and Purple Martins
The cavity nesting birds at Iroquois NWR are doing well this year. The American Kestrels had three nests in the boxes that are provided for them. There may have been more nests in natural cavities …