Each year the Audubon Society makes it's late Fall pilgrimage to our area mentioned above, geese which include: Mallards, Blacks, Gadwall, Pintail, Wood, Green Wing Teal, Bufflehead, Ring Neck, Ruddy, Canvasback, Red Head, Wigeon, Blue Wing Teal, Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, and Coot. Lake Monroe also attracts large numbers of Canada Geese, as well as Snow Geese. 

On the February 15th & 16th of 2000, we experienced an awesome sight, as over 3,000 Sandhill Cranes visited the North Fork Refuge Area for two days rest from migrating from California northward to Wisconsin and Michigan.

These birds offer one of the most memorable sights in the avian kingdom, but they are extremely dangerous (with their long and sharp beaks) to man and beast, for they have been known to mortally wound many many a fine hunting dog.

If you are interested in seeing some of our avian friends, take a few hours or so away from your camping, boating, or fishing; preferably take a boat from the Cutright Ramp, Eastward  up into the Middle Fork area towards Crooked Creek. You will have approximately nine miles of water, plus many small bays. 

Another section for good bird scanning would be the North Fork refuge area located at the end of Pine Grove Road. Here you can walk the shoreline or go by boat. 

In either case you more than likely will see a Bald Eagle. We currently have numerous nesting pairs in the Lake Monroe area.

Thank you,

Dick Shedd