Private Birding Tours: Reconnect with Nature at Montezuma ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Center
Enjoy a unique bird-watching tour of the 50,000-acre Montezuma Wetlands Complex! These outings are a great way to catch up with family members, close friends, or co-workers, and experience the birds, other wildlife, and habitats that make Montezuma an ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Important Bird Area. Choose from driving tours, birding walks, canoeing/kayaking excursions, and snowshoeing hikes. All tours are led by ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ staff and include equipment rentals, binoculars, and bird guides.
For driving tours, you will follow behind the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ van in your own vehicle to Montezuma’s marshes, forests, and grasslands to explore several birding hotspots and the abundant wildlife as they go about their activities. Participants will receive a conference call phone number to hear the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ educator narrate the tour and ask questions between stops. Guests are welcome to get out of their vehicles at each stop (facial coverings required and physical distancing guidelines must be followed).
- Fee: $150
- Available year-round for groups of up to 10 people
- To plan and reserve your customized tour, call 315-365-3588 or email montezuma@audubon.org
Onondaga Lake Bald Eagle Excursions
Join our friends at the Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps on March 2 @ 10AM and 12PM for a guided, half-mile walk along the Onondaga Creekwalk to explore newly restored habitats that attract thousands of waterfowl, dozens of Bald Eagles, and other wildlife during the winter months.
Participants will learn from ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, Montezuma ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Center, and Onondaga ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ staff and volunteers about wildlife and the importance of wetlands in supporting the Onondaga Lake watershed. We'll meet at the parking lot underneath Hiawatha Blvd. near Harborside Dr. at Destiny USA. A map of the meeting location will be emailed to participants a few days prior to the program.
Onondaga Lake is an ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Important Bird Area that provides habitat, food and water sources that many bird species depend upon for survival during the cold winter months. Some of the most abundant bird species that rely on Onondaga Lake are the Bald Eagle, Common Merganser, American Black Duck, Greater Scaup, Lesser Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Mallard, Redhead, and Ring-Necked Duck.
Participants should wear shoes or boots for cold and snowy conditions. The walk will be on a flat, paved trail. Binoculars, spotting scopes and field guides will be provided.
Fee: $10/adult, $7.50/child
Space is limited and registration is required. Click the links below to register.
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Public Program Cancellation/Reimbursement Policy:
- If the Montezuma ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Center (MAC) cancels an event for any reason, we will initiate a full reimbursement to your original method of payment.
- If you need to cancel your registration for an event, please call or email the MAC at 315-365-3588 or montezuma@audubon.org at your earliest convenience.
- If you cancel more than seven days before the event, we will initiate a reimbursement minus a 10% administrative fee, to your original form of payment.
- No reimbursements are issued for cancellations received less than a week before the date of the event.
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