The coots may have moved to the Sodus Bay Bridge Area. I saw about 400 of them there on Sunday 11/30/14. Also 9 Bonaparte’s Gulls and a nice variety of ducks and Tundra and Mute Swans.
On Dec 2, 2014, at 6:56 PM, Michael Tetlow <mjtet...@frontiernet.net> wrote: > As previously posted on Genesee birds the wildlife drive and the area > around the observation tower and bathrooms are closed until December 16th for > deer hunting. As I complained to the office they cited too many deer in that > area. They will reevaluate after this trial. Weather permitting it will be > opened after that. Scoping from the visitor center overlook we found at least > 950 Tundra Swans and a surprisingly large group of Ring-necked ducks (2000+?) > considering the date and how much of the pool was frozen. Coot seemed to have > moved on but several groups of Gadwall remained. The first large flocks of > Snow Geese that we have seen were flying southbound overhead and they > continued for a couple hours until right before the snow started around 3:30. > Probably 3000 total. > On Knox-Marcellus from East Road there were another 53 tundra Swans and 49 > Sandhill Cranes. > On Van-dyne Spoor Road a Cooper’s Hawk hunted the hedgerow which turned > out to have 40 Tree and 1 Song Sparrows. 1 No. Harrier and 1 Rough-legged > hawk had success hunting over the wetland to the south where they flushed up > 2 Green-winged Teal. Then the snow came. Mike Tetlow and Dominic Sherony > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
