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WAYNE COUNTY

Montezuma Audubon Center (MAC)

2295 State Route 89

Savannah, NY 13165

315-365-3580

 

Coordinates: 43.076°N 76.735°W

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Habitat: North of Cayuga Lake and in the lake's watershed, MAC is 198 flat acres consisting of 50 acres of native grasses, tA red-tail hawk checks out Finger Lakes photographer Floris van Breugel.wo small connecting marshy ponds and a lovely mixed woods. Swans, marsh birds, ospreys, and other birds frequent the ponds. Native sparrows, marsh birds like red-wings, and other wetland birds should be present from spring through autumn in the vegetation around the ponds. The woods has a variety of common local birds like red-tail hawks, blue jays, woodpeckers, chickadees, and nuthatches as well as migratory passerines like warblers, vireos, and tanagers.

 

Amenities: The center has educational displays, exhibits, a nature store, and programs. There is a viewing platform between the woods and the eastern pond. A trail of about 1 mi./1.6 km. runs through the woods. The kayak launch site for Crusoe Creek is just to the west of MAC on Route 89.

 

Nearby birding site: Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

 

Updated 22 September 2008

 

 

 

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