Date: 11/30/25 8:21 pm From: ROBERT SPAHN <rspahn...> Subject: [GeneseeBirds-L] Irondequoit Bay W side - 11/30/25
Irondequoit Bay - W side Orchard Park to N end, Monroe, New York, US
Nov 30, 2025 1:30 PM - 1:55 PM
Bob & Sue Spahn, <rspahn...>: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: After yesterday's large numbers of mergansers and a couple of Great Egrets on the Bay, Sue and I decided to try for a better count and maybe some photos of the Hooded Mergansers today. Turned out the wind change moved most of the Common and Red-breasted Mergansers out. We did look at several spots along the W side from where Orchard Park Blvd. hits the Bay up to the N end plus a quick look from he Newport Yacht Club parking area - duck and DC Cormorants in the distance on the docks at the Newport House marina. Mergansers were to ar off shore for the photos we wanted. We did photograph the Great Egret on the docks just N of Orchard Park Blvd plus one under the willows near the NW corner of the Bay. Did not scope or try to count the mergs other than Hooded or the gulls.
23 species
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 25
Northern Shoveler 5
Mallard 70
American Black Duck 1
Hooded Merganser 135 Hard to keep track or moving and diving birds. This is a minimum, likely more.
Common Merganser X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Bonaparte's Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull X
American Herring Gull X
Great Egret 2 See trip notes. One each - in old marina on SW area and under willows in NW corner. Have photos of each. Present yesterday, too. Late, but we have at least a couple December records from the past for Monroe County.
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 4
Snow Bunting 3 north end
American Tree Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Northern Cardinal 2
