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Protecting birds and the places they need
Bald Eagle Photo: Bryce Flynn/Audubon Photography Awards
Welcome to the Montezuma Audubon Center, a state-owned facility operated through a cooperative agreement between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the National Audubon Society. We are dedicated to enhancing the habitat of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex and surrounding Important Bird Areas. The Montezuma Wetlands Complex is Audubon’s first globally significant Important Bird Area.
Now in its second century, Audubon is dedicated to protecting birds, other wildlife, and the habitat that supports them. Our national network of community-based nature centers and chapters, scientific and educational programs, and advocacy on behalf of areas sustaining important bird populations, engage millions of people of all ages and backgrounds in conservation. www.audubon.org
Cerulean Warbler. Photo: Charlie Trapani/Audubon Photography Awards
Get Montezuma Audubon Center's latest news, event notices, and updates sent straight to your email inbox. Learn more about Audubon's conservation work and what you can do to help birds.
As the Montezuma Audubon Center grows in reaching out to communities with programming, increasing patronage, and adding to amenities that establish us as a destination, we have a heightened need for support from volunteers. Click here to view the list of volunteer opportunities that will help us protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow. Submit this volunteer form to montezuma@audubon.org.
MARSH! Events
Join us in 2024 for invasive species removal, native garden, tree planting, and seed collecting projects across the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. These events will take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 9AM from April through October. After a morning of work, lunch will be provided by the Friends of the Montezuma Wetlands Complex. Call 315-365-3588 or email montezuma@audubon.org with questions.
Click on the links below to register for a MARSH! event.
Wednesday, September 18- Seed Collection
Saturday, September 28- Seed Collection
Wednesday, October 2- Seed Collection
Wednesday, October 9- Seed Collection
The 17th Annual Robert F. DeRoo Memorial Youth Waterfowl Hunt is a free event for youth ages 12-15 to celebrate conservation through educational programs and hunting activities. A waterfowl hunter education course will be offerred on Saturday, September 21 at 1PM, the dinner is on Saturday, September 21 at 5PM, and the waterfowl hunt is Saturday, September 28. Click here to download the registration forms.
Our center is part of a 50,000-acre landscape of wetlands and associated uplands with abundant opportunities to enjoy wildlife and the outdoors. Connect with nature—your next adventure awaits!
You are what hope looks like to a bird. Your membership will help secure the future for birds at risk from climate change, habitat loss, and other threats. Protect birds and you protect the Earth.
Help us to protect this critical habitat for the benefit of birds, other wildlife, and people. Donate to Montezuma Audubon Center today!
Draw more birds and pollinators to your yard with native plants! Get started today using the Native Plants Database.
Please consider making a donation to the Onondaga Lake Conservation Corps to help us inspire the future stewards of our planet to protect the birds, other wildlife, and habitats we all share.
