Hi all, Has anyone been to the Essex-Charlotte ferry across Lake Champlain lately? We will be heading up on Wednesday and would like to look for the ducks, especially the Tufted Duck and Barrow's Goldeneye.
Thanks! Bert Harris, Princeton, NJ On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Joan Collins <[email protected]>wrote: > 2/28/14 Essex Ferry Dock (Essex Co.) > > > > Late this afternoon, I took a drive to the Essex Ferry Dock on Lake > Champlain. About 5 to 10 minutes before the ferry arrived, I found the > male Tufted Duck among hundreds of other waterfowl. I took a number of > photos before the birds flushed as the ferry came in. The birds came back > after the ferry departed and I took a few more photos of the Tufted Duck > before my hands went completely numb! There were also 2 female Long-tailed > Ducks. I didn't spot the male Barrow's Goldeneye today. I met two very > nice birders from Vermont who came over on the ferry to observed > waterfowl. They said there were quite a few birds on the VT side also - > including Bufflehead, which were not on the NY side this afternoon. I took > 80 photos of the Tufted Duck and posted 14 of them to my Facebook page at: > https://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian . It was a long way out, so my > scope and iPhone attachment were both fully zoomed! > > > > Joan Collins > > Long Lake, NY > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
