Tom Riley of Niles, New York and I had the pleasure of going to Sodus Bay on an
absolutely beautiful day with perfect conditions. We discovered a flock of
approximately 300 Long-tailed ducks in the channel adjacent to the lighthouse.
The ducks were very active moving about from one side of the channel to the
other. There were a few White-winged Scoters and a Greater Scaup mixed in with
the flock of Long-tailed ducks. No King Eider present.
We counted approximately 55 Trumpeter Swans around the edges of the of the back
or the inland part of the Bay.
The final stop at Twin Oaks Campground added significantly to what was already
a great day of birding. As Gary Kohlenberg reported we had the pleasure of
witnessing a birding spectacle with over 15000 Redheads and a pair of Western
Grebes for good measure. The Aythya flock was like watching a kinetic sculpture
as the birds were either rising or descending or they were constantly swarming
into various formations.
Bill RobertsAurora
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