Made a quick stop about 8:15 by about the impoundment at the MNWR Visitor
Center this morning. Didn't spot the White-Fronted Goose among the Canadas but
enjoyed watching a group of Shovelers having breakfast and a couple of Black
Ducks preening. No Snows. A single Wood Duck in full dress caught the last of
the morning sunlight as it cruised along the SW edge before the storm front
shut down the sun. Nice.
OOB: Made the trip to Tonawanda WMA yesterday evening and was rewarded with a
full 15 minutes of great views of the immature White Ibis. It's been coming in
to roost with a good-sized flock of Great Egrets in a GBHE rookery every
evening shortly before sunset since sometime last week. Let me know if you'd
like directions. A humorous moment: an egret floating in across the dike on its
final approach to the roost trees and accompanied by the distant rumble of a
jet. A very appropriate sound effect.
Kathy Strickland, Union Springs
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