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Birding in Piermont Marsh

I went out to Piermont Marsh today to do some bird photography. A couple weeks ago I was on a ride through Talman Mountain State Park and ran into a fellow who had actually wandered out into the marsh to do some bird photography. That sounded like fun, so today I put on my rubber roots and overalls and headed into the muck.

Initially, I was walking on a 12 inch wide deer trail through 9 foot high reeds. I kept my feet near the edges of the path to avoid stepping into the water and mud in the center of the trail, which was about a foot deep. After 100 yards or so, the reeds gradually decreased in size until they were about 4 feet high. In the end, I walked almost to the Hudson (though I couldn’t see it because of the reeds):

Here’s the view from the end:

Here’s the path back before the reeds before I got back into the 9-foot-high section:

I didn’t see a single bird, but being out there was really something!