Nice collection of waterfowl very close to the road in Sterling Pond-Fairhaven beach SP. See ebird checklist below. Jill Church spotted a dark Snowy Owl close to the road on the beach on the west spit of Little Sodus Bay. Good numbers of Long-tailed ducks and WW Scoters in the outlet there. Mike Tetlow
Jan 18, 2014 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Canada Goose 5 Mute Swan 55 All from Little Sodus bay and Sterling Pond concentrated here. Trumpeter Swan 5 Tundra Swan 2 Gadwall 1 Mallard 4 Canvasback 2 Redhead 30 Ring-necked Duck 4 Greater Scaup 35 Lesser Scaup 10 White-winged Scoter 3 Long-tailed Duck 1 Bufflehead 8 Common Goldeneye 2 Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Common Loon 1 Northern Harrier 1 Bald Eagle 2 American Coot 1 Ring-billed Gull 60 Herring Gull 1 American Crow 5 _____ From: Jill Church [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 7:24 PM To: Michael and Joann Tetlow Subject: Re: 2014 Waterfowl Count Ok. Let me know if that changes. What time are we starting out? Jill On Jan 15, 2014, at 5:49 PM, "Michael and Joann Tetlow" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Jill, Right now the forecast is 50% chance of a few snow flurries both Saturday and Sunday but it is supposed to get windy Sunday so Saturday is likely. I'll check the forecast again tomorrow. Joann likely has to work Saturday so it would be just you and me-a little extra work if we go that day. Thanks for asking, Mike _____ From: Jill Church [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 9:42 AM To: Michael and Joann Tetlow Subject: Re: 2014 Waterfowl Count Hi Mike! Any idea yet as to which day you're planning the duck count? Jill On Jan 3, 2014, at 5:11 PM, "Michael and Joann Tetlow" <[email protected]> wrote: It will be great to have you! I hear the Carolina Wren call down the road from my house but they don't come to my Blueberry Suet. I'll have to get a squirrel proof feeder and get a nut and berry log. Mike _____ From: Jill Church [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 4:57 PM To: Michael and Joann Tetlow Subject: Re: 2014 Waterfowl Count Hi there! Happy New Year! I can do either date...just let me know! Thanks!! PS - I put out blueberry suet for my Carolina wrens. They've gone to it a little but still choose the nut and berry log! They're so cute!!! Jill On Jan 3, 2014, at 4:48 PM, "Michael and Joann Tetlow" <[email protected]> wrote: Happy New Year and hope you had a great holiday!! Here are the duck count dates. We (Joann, you and I (or just me) will probably do it on the better of the 2 days 18th or 19th. I've only had to kick it out to the second weekend one time. Hope you can help and I'll be in touch. Mike _____ From: ROBERT SPAHN [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 03, 2014 11:55 AM To: Cricket Fegan; Kevin Griffith; Jay Greenberg; Michael and Joann Tetlow; David Strong; Jay Powell; [email protected]; [email protected]; Phil & Cindy Marino Subject: 2014 Waterfowl Count Hi All: With the search on for a new coordinator for Region 2 for the Waterfowl Count I was asked to fill in for this year (due to short timeline) while helping to look for a coordinator going forward. In looking at last year I see that each of you helped out in at least one of the sectors last year, some of you for many years. The aim date for the count this year is Sunday, January 19, with the usual January 18-26 as possibilities in case of really bad weather or personal scheduling problems. Right now it looks like this year may see little open water to cover. Would you please get back to me with whether you are willing and able to do a sector this year? John Boettcher and I will do our usual Irondequoit Bay to Bear Creek. Fairly quick response would be much appreciated so that I can work on new people for some areas if needed. It would also be worth thinking about trying to include some one or others to try to build up a base of people for future years. I will send out the usual list to be filled in as soon as I hear from you. A notice has also been placed in the Little Gull. Recall that we now are the counters, the DEC is NOT doing a parallel count. In the past the information has been used as part of waterfowl population assessments. I'll paste last year's sectors and people liist below. Best regards, Bob Sector Observers A Point Breeze to Hamlin Park Cricket Fegan B Hamlin Park to Braddock Bay Cricket Fegan C Charlotte to Braddock Bay eastside Kevin Griffith D Genesee River (below falls) & Summerville to Irondequoit Bay Jay Greenberg and Monika Herrmann-Kokis E Irondequoit Bay to Bear Creek Bob Spahn and John Boettcher F Bear Creek to Sodus Bay Jim Barry G Sodus Bay to Fair Haven Michael and Joann Tetlow H JG/MZ-Conesus Lake/CF - Hemlock, Canadice, and Honeoye Lake Doug Daniels and David Marsh I Penfield/Fairport David and Grace Strong/Cindy Marino J Brighton/Henrietta Jay Powell and Mike Klimeczko _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> . SPAMfighter has removed 518 of my spam emails to date. Do you have a slow <http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen> PC? 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