January 24, 2012: Flights Buffalo-Charlotte-Little Rock

 Memphis, Tennessee

Lonoke City, Arkansas

January 8, 2012: Birding Rochester, New York

Another beautiful day, this time on the Rochester Lakeshore in Charlotte, for some brief birding...

 Crazy for a January Rochester day on the lakeshore!

 Common Merganser

 Long-Tailed Duck

Red-Breasted Merganser

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)

June 5, 2008: Rochester, NY Area Birding (Red Knot)

Today we headed out to Summerville Pier, in Charlotte (Rochester, New York) to get our lifer Red Knox out on the end of the pier (photo below)

Map of Summerville Pier Location (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!