On Saturday afternoon, I finally got to take a drive along Wyers Road and
Sheldrake Park in Ovid and test my waterfowl id skills I learned from the
Lab of O on-line class (thanks, Kevin!).
Along the way (near the bb) I saw 5 REDHEADS, about a dozen BUFFLEHEADS, 2
TUNDRA SWANS, 25 GOLDENEYES, 22
FYI
Rob Blye
East Coventry Township
Chester County, Pennsylvania
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Not a chance the whole lake will freeze over, Dave.
No ice at all up here where it is 460 feet deep. 1 1/2 weeks ago water near
shore was 39 degrees.
It freezes only at the shallow ends and areas adjacent, usually.
A little raft of Redheads, Ring Necks, swimming, diving here. Accompanied by
I pick up the morning paper on my commute route at Dandy's in
Slaterville Springs almost every morning. About two weeks ago I parked
in the northwest corner of the lot and heard/saw a flock of Blue Jays
mobbing the empty entrance to a tree cavity. I have checked the cavity
every morning since
About a month ago the instructor for the IC course in Conservation
Biology asked me if I would lead a Sat. extra activity trip to look for
SNOW for students in the class . I said yes and we talked about the
biggest invasion in 20-40 years. I may have given the impression that
SNOW were
This one is pocketable and uses about $2 in Home Depot parts. Requires
cutting, bending, drilling, plus tweaking to match eyepiece and phone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22183060@N08/sets/72157640220964506/
David Wheeler
N. Syracuse, NY
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I don't know what possessed me to suggest the lake might freeze over when there's a gap of some 30 miles. Still, the ice I saw yesterday was not merely over 3 or 5 feet of water, it may have been 30 to 50 feet deep. Today around mid-day I happened to drive NYS-89, after the west wind had been
