A little bit of free time, and a trip to Rochester meant some birding! We stopped at a few places briefly, though we did not have a lot of time. Temperature was upper 40's, but the promise of warmer temps and bright sun never materialized until later in the afternoon.
First the Batavia Wastewater Treatment Plant had a nice assortment of watefowl. Most represented seemed to be HOODED MERGANSER, COMMON MERGANSER, and RING-NECKED DUCK, and quite a few BUFFLEHEAD, SCAUP, GOLDENEYE and SHOVELERS. We saw MALLARD and CANADA GEESE of course, and one pair of BLACK DUCKS. Also some First of Season TREE SWALLOWS were hunting bugs off the pond ice, and we also flushed a RED FOX. We saw one HORNED GREBE, and a bunch of Killdeer. Light conditions were poor, so we didn't get many shots.
BATAVIA WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (LOCATION)
Flying Common Mergansers
Horned Grebe
An assortment of ducks, including Scaup, Goldeneye and BuffleheadA brief stop at the Owl Woods at Braddock Bay in Greece did not yield anything. They were not raptor banding because of the conditions, and we did not find any owls during our brief stay.
Time running out we opted for a quick stop at the Irondequoit Bay outlet. Many fewer waterfowl than a few weeks ago .. the common PIGEONS, MALLARDS, CANADA GEESE, RING BILLED GULLS, and MUTE SWANS were there of course, with one AMERICAN COOT, and some domestic geese.
Out toward the channel there were a few LONG-TAILED DUCKS, and one HORNED GREBE.
IRONDEQUOIT BAY OUTLET (LOCATION)
Female Long-Tailed Duck
A nice shot of a male Long-Tailed Duck
Down he goes!
Horned Grebe (above and below)
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Ring-Billed Gull
An unhappy domestic (Swan Goose / Greylag Goose?)
Another mad Canada Goose!
First of Season White-Throated Sparrow (for us) 
No comments:
Post a Comment