Saturday, February 14, 2009

February 14, 2009: Taughannock Falls and Irondequoit Bay

Some photos today, from the Ithaca and Rochester areas...
Taughannock Falls State Park (link)
Ice buildup
Picnic anyone?

Lower falls



Upper falls
Common Raven at the Upper Falls

Closeup of the falling water


IRONDEQUOIT BAY OUTLET - ROCHESTER
Scaup
Trumpeter Swans
Hybrid Black Duck X Mallard Duck
Female Red-Breasted Merganser

White-Winged Scoter
Mallard
Below: Some Long-Tailed Duck shots



This Mute Swan was following us around!


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amazing photos of the birdies . . the scoter and long-tailed duck were top notch! I only dream of getting pictures of them like that! BRAVO

Wgrc said...

Thanks! We always seem to miss the Scoter but this time he was there. That was the closest the Long-Tailed Duck has been, also!

Anonymous said...

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