Date: 2/7/26 6:28 am From: Neil Buckley <bucklenj...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] [External] Re: [VTBIRD] question about ferry crossings and birds
The Grand Isle ferry dock has a little open water where there is a stream
flowing in to the right of where the cars line up. Yesterday, there were a
four or five common mergansers present, about 20 mallard, two or three
black duck and a male goldeneye.
Neil Buckley, Colchester
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 7:30 AM Helen Ostermiller <hostermiller...>
wrote:
> "Due to ice accumulation in McNeils Cove in Charlotte Vermont, the
> Crossing is closed.” --Ferry website. The Charlotte Beach was iced over
> when I last looked a week or so ago.
>
> Helen Ostermiller
>
> > On Feb 7, 2026, at 7:19 AM, Maeve Kim <maevekim7...> wrote:
> >
> > Good morning, everyone - And another very wintry morning! - eBird
> doesn’t show many ducks at either the Charlotte or Grand Isle Ferry
> Landings. Has anyone taken the ferry over and back recently? Are many ducks
> using the open path, now that so much of the lake is frozen?
> > Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
>
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Dr. Neil Buckley, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Professor of Biology
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