Yesterday afternoon in front of my house just north of Hog Hole, all
that was left of the thousands of waterfowl that have gathered every
day were 43 American Coots, apparently not minding the gunfire.
There had been regular Tundra Swans (about 20) and Redheads (more
than 1500), a scattering of
A late-morning / early-afternoon walk revealed that the southwest part of
Cayuga Lake pretty well had the birds cleared out of it. The only Aythya I saw
there were a couple of male Redhead carcasses held by one of half a dozen
gunners in camo who had set up with a couple of grounded boats and a
