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I like to visit this spot when it is afternoon or early evening because the sun hits the water just right. This Mute Swan was trying to make an impression. There was a female sitting on the shore.
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Cold Water Rescue Practice - Rochester Fire Department
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Mute Swam (Cygnus olor) asleep on its feet on the ice over Irondequoit Bay near the outlet to Lake Ontario - Rochester, New York.
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History in New York
Mute swans are a non-native, invasive species first brought to this country from Europe in the late 1800s for their aesthetic value. Initially introduced in New York's lower Hudson Valley and Long Island, mute swans were kept by breeders as domestics on the ponds of private estates. The release of domestic swans into the wild on Long Island and the lower Hudson Valley has led to well established populations in those areas. The largest known releases occurred from 1910-1912 and consisted of about 500 birds.
By 1993, New York's mute swan population had increased to about 2,000. Currently, the population is believed to have increased further to about 3,000. The largest numbers of swans still occur on Long Island and in the lower Hudson Valley, but a rapidly increasing population has taken hold in the Lake Ontario region
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I had to take a pic of this little girl sitting on the dock down at the bay. She had hair just like me..
These pictures were taken on October 27, 2017 as a follow-up to my May 20,2017 pictures showing Lake Ontario at its high water mark and its effect on the shoreline from the inlet to Irondequoit Bay to Webster Park.
i am putting these pictures in my album Lake Ontario_Irondequoit Bay I will present my current pictures and then my May 20th pictures to show this shoreline as it is now and then.
As I approach (on the shore) Mute Swans sleep, watched over by three guard goose - most likely a hybrid goose of wild and domestic genetics now feral.
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After decades of not getting out fishing, Gary finally "dipped a line" this past weekend. Went to three different spots without any luck for him but he enjoyed the relaxation just the same. I am sharing some photos of what I enjoyed at one of the spots he tried.....
This gull was cruising down the channel so I took a series of shots of him. I wasn't expecting much with a 105mm lense.
I just loved all these duck heads - view large to see the green-purple colors better!
Mallards
Chinese Geese
Rock Pigeons
Ring-billed Gulls
Rochester, NY
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Cold Water Rescue Practice - Rochester Fire Department
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Cold Water Rescue Practice - Rochester Fire Department
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Boat Launch for the 2016 season - apparently the area around Mayer's Marina is populated by American Mink (Neovison vison)
Winter snow and ice cover a popular Lake Ontario Beach, located in a small park next to the Irondequoit Bay Outlet Bridge.
Nice isn't it?
Well enjoy it!
It will probably be the last swan picture I ever take at Irondequoit Bay.
I have been trying once a week to get the boys out of the house and take them places around town. One day it was a farm, one day the canal, and one day I took them to the bay. We had such a good time at the bay, seeing the big geese, ducks and swans and walking the bridge/pier that I decided today after I took them to the Public Market that I would take them back.
We pulled up and I parked in a different spot then last time, closer to the water and the animals. I jumped out of the car, snapped a few pictures then went back to the car to grab the boys.
We walk over to the rocks and I stood them on the rocks so they can watch the swans swimming in the water. About 45 seconds after we are standing there I noticed a whole shitload of Canadian geese walking over to us. I figured they were walking over because they thought we were going to feed them so I turned away.
Then 10 seconds after that I see this one goose walking really fast over to us and he starts hissing. Well like an idiot I yell at the goose, and I quote "Stop hissing, I didn't do anything to you." (Like he's going to talk back to me or something).
All of a sudden he picks up his pace and starts heading right for me!
I scooped up the boys, ran to the truck and threw them in! All the while yelling, "Get in the car! Get in the car! Get in the car! Like some crazed woman!
I climbed in the back of the Tahoe and am standing there trying to buckle the boys in when I notice about 30-40 Canadian geese surronding my truck!
I swear to God it was like something out of a bad horror movie. So I crawled over into the driver seat (like hell, I was getting out again!) and we left.
The whole way home, Dominic is in the back saying "Geese attack Mommy...so funny!" Thanks D- Love you too!
Oh yeah...I forgot the part about me running to the car and seeing this woman in her car about 100 feet away laughing hysterically. If I wasn't so worried about protecting my kids I swear I was going to go over there and punch her in the face. And I am not a violet person!
So that was my last time at the bay. Here's one last picture...like I said before...enjoy it! You won't see anymore!
I'm not sure exactly what the attraction was for all these Mallards at the end of the jetty across the channel from where I was. At one point, something alarmed them and they make a clamor taking of wildly.
Doesn't that ice collection of ice look like the bottom of a waterfall -- photographed with a slow shutter speed!? (Don't mind me!) See better with Large.
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Irondequoit Bay at LaSalle's Landing Park - "intrepid explorer Robert Rene de LaSalle . . . In 1669, LaSalle actually made a stop near where Rochester is located today . . . LaSalle’s landing somewhere along the shore of Irondequoit Bay? (The exact location is not known, undoubtedly due to the way the geography has changed over the years.)"
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