If it's on the way to Oswego you can also check out the channel at Fair Haven via the West Bay road park at end. Often lots of long tails, diver ducks etc there. Wave action usually keeps channel and north end of bay semi open to open
On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 12:49 PM John and Fritzie Blizzard < job121...@verizon.net> wrote: > To all ... Sorry I didn't better indicate the locations. > > Head towards the Lake on *W.* *1st St.* off Rte. 104 & eventually dead > end at the Marine Museum. For those who haven't been there, you can park & > walk around behind the museum to view the river & harbor as well as the > marina. I suggest you Google Oswego Marine Museum, enlarge the area & that > will show you the river, harbor & marina waters to the west. I think when > most of us say "Oswego River" we mean that particular spot. Off W. 1st St. > are one block long side streets to get you closer to the river. > > *Lake St.* that goes west off W. 1st St. (where you enter the driveway > to the museum by the large fuel storage tanks) goes up the hill to an > overlook with good parking/viewing of the lake & marinas. Follow Lake St. > on down the other side to *Breitbeck Park* to walk to the lake shore. > > I *don't* bird above the lock & up-river south towards Fulton but a > walkway exists all along behind the businesses. On rare occasions I may go > to the Fort Ontario overlook on the east side of the river accessed by E. > 7th St. off E. Bridge St./Rte. 104. > > The grebe & large nos. of long-tails were on the river downstream from > the little riverside park & the lock below the Rte. 104/W. Bridge St. > bridge & to the harbor. The L-Ts move up & down the river, into the marina, > all along the breakwalls. They tend to fly out onto Lake Ontario in mid-day > but that may not always be. Other birds ... mallards, mergansers, etc. > usually are on the east side of the river on the rocks & waters under the > bridge below the lock. > > Kathy & I went to what is known as Wright's Landing to where we saw the > many w-w scoters & the King Eider. Be aware that the birds are often > changing locations throughout the day so you may have to scan various > areas & even return to places you've already looked. A birder there had > missed the black scoter, I think she said, that flew in to where she had > left just moments before. > > The conclusion ... birds don't stay in one spot to be seen where others > saw them so, good luck! If you like fish, Skip's Fish Fry is at the corner > of W. 2nd & Schuyler Sts.. > > Fritzie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
