Sunday, September 28, 2008
Ann and I wanted to get outside for a bit, so we headed up to Turning Point Park to walk on the Genesee Riverway boardwalk over the river in the Turning Point Basin... that's always a good place to see some nifty wildlife. Heading toward Lake Ontario may have been a mistake... it was raining lightly in Gates, but fairly steadily up in Charlotte. But we decided to brave the elements to headed off down the path anyways... at least we could be fairly sure the boardwalk wouldn't be too crowded! (I think we saw one guy on a bike and one guy fishing... and two people heading out on the path as we were coming back into the parking lot at the end.)
Along the way we saw lots of fish jumping, three herons, the swans and their two grown cygnets (interestingly, the grey one has remained grey... I had thought he'd molt at some point and turn white, but maybe he just isn't old enough yet ) and a few groups of mooching mallards... also a wood duck who remained perched on a log for a surprisingly long time, allowing me to get some nice photos of him.
Fortunately, as we started back, the rain eased up and I was able to get a few pictures... it was actually very scenic (in a grey, foggy way) when it wasn't raining so hard that it was tough to see!
JMH
