A Morning On Black Creek

Posted by JIM NIGRO on June 18, 2009 - 6:18pm
Tagged in
Printer-friendly versionPrinter-friendly versionSend to friendSend to friend

barretts460x60.gif

DSCF1953.JPGOriginally the intent of the morning’s paddle was to get a photo or two of the otters known to inhabit Black Creek. Unfortunately, the semi-aquatic mammals were nowhere in sight. Perhaps they had moved farther upstream, into the Bergen Swamp.   There were numerous Canada geese on hand, adults, adolescents and goslings – and willing to have their picture taken.  

DSCF1869.JPGDSCF1917.JPGDSCF1921.JPGDSCF1984.JPGDSCF1924.JPGDSCF1958.JPGDSCF1952.JPGDSCF1936.JPG

Posted by DOUGLAS MCCLURG on June 19, 2009 - 12:29am
great pics-I'd like to see some otter pics- better luck next time!!
Posted by Peter O'Brien on June 19, 2009 - 7:13am
Look at all the potential engine cloggers....
Posted by JIM NIGRO on June 20, 2009 - 9:47am
Doug, hopefully sometime in the near future we'll be able to accommodate you. Otter sightings can be a "here today, gone tomorrow" sort of thing. While not entirely vacating a stream, family groups will disperse, moving to new locales, as will solitary individuals. And at other times, they will simply remain denned or resting amid creekside vegetation.
In the mid-ninties the DEC began the otter restoration program, reintroducing the river otter to several locations throughout the state, including Black Creek and the Genesee River. The operation resulted in successful otter reproduction at both locales.