Mostly sunny, mid 40s
and windy
On our way back home after
spending the night in Connecticut, we took a cut-off from I-84 down to
I-684. It’s no shortcut, in fact
it adds about 10 minutes onto the drive back home, but it leads us past some
nice countryside including one of the New York reservoirs. Titicus Reservoir is one of the City’s
12 and is located in Westchester County in the Town of North Salem. As we first approached the body of
water, the wind had churned it up pretty well and white-caps covered the
surface.
A bit further along the way,
however, we came across an embayment which was chock full of waterfowl. I pulled over and began a short trek
through the woods to get to the shoreline for a decent shot. The storms of the recent past had laid
down a labyrinth of large diameter trees and root systems to make the normally
easy walk back into the woods a bit more taxing. Once I got there, however, I was treated to the sight of at
least a hundred geese, ducks and swans.
For the most part, it was Mute
swans and Canada geese.
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| Mute swan, Canada goose and Ruddies on Titicus Reservoir |
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| Buffleheads |
But in amongst the swans and
geese I found Buffleheads, at least one Pied-billed grebe, and quite a few
Ruddy ducks. It’s great to see
that the ducks from the north are finally here in good numbers. More targets for our daily photographic
forays out into the field !
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