February 16, 2013: Birding Irondequoit Bay

A few quick photos today at the Irondequoit Bay outlet in Rochester

 Flying Long Tailed Ducks

 Above and Below:  White-Winged Scoters 

Red-Necked Grebe

December 30, 2010: Birding Irondequoit Bay Outlet near Rochester

A few quick photos on our first trip to Irondequoit in awhile

 The ice is really building up there

 American Black Duck

 Common Merganser

 Common Goldeneyes

Herring Gull

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!

TODAY'S LOCATIONS IN GOOGLE MAPS

January 1, 2009: Birding the Lake Ontario Shore (Rochester)

We spent a little time today on the Lake Ontario Shore at Rochester, doing some birding. It was very cold! (mid-teens only). Not a whole lot of birds, but we did get our first Glaucous Gull shot, and also some interesting ice shots...

First, Charlotte / Ontario Beach

Ice formations (above and below)

Herring Gull with a Bull Head

Above and below: Flying Long-Tailed Ducks

More interesting ice

Nice drake Mallard

Above and Below: American Black Duck

Now, Irondequoit Bay Outlet photos

nice drake Long-Tailed Duck

Glaucous Gull

Female Long-Tailed Duck

More ice

Flying Mute Swan

Strange circular ice formations on the lake

The icy lighthouse (more shots below)

Above and below: More Long-Tailed Ducks

TODAY'S LOCATIONS (INTERACTIVE)

December 30, 2007: Rochester Lake Ontario Shore Birding (New York) (9 BIRD PHOTOS)

More Lake Ontario birding in the Rochester area today, at Charlotte (Ontario Beach), and Irondequoit Bay Outlet. As usual for this time of year, the light was awful! We got a few decent shots anyway, and a nice new bird to photo! (See below)

CHARLOTTE:

Nice queue of Ring-Billed Gulls
Mallard

Bonaparte's Gull

IRONDEQUOIT BAY:

American Coot

One of the many domestic geese here

Above and Below: Long-Tailed Duck

Above and Below: Merlin!