Eagle Island on Sodus Bay

A kayak adventure to Eagle Island on Great Sodus Bay on 16 September 2009. Eagle Island is one of 3 islands on all of Sodus Bay, which is itself the largest bay on the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Eagle Island was once used as a Boy Scout camping ground and is now completely private property by the many cottage owners on the island. During our trip we saw much wildlife, including a Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk, Garter Snake, and Map Turtle. We concluded our day paddle with lunch at Connelly's Cove, once of the 2 adjacent restaurants on the northeast corner of Great Sodus Bay (the other being Skipper's Landing).

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• eagle island
• sodus bay
• wayne county
• connelly's cove

[daisykat1]

thank you so much for sharing your adventure.....my family has a cottage on the island and it is one of the most beautiful places to go.....you even have a shot of the cottage....also, our family have had the cottage for 28 years and have never seen the bald eagle

[sethburgess]

@daisykat1 I just love the concept of only being able to get out to your cottage one way--by boat...such a great escape

[daisykat1]

@sethburgess if you have the time...it i nice to walk across in the winter months

[sethburgess]

@daisykat1 thanks for the tip! sounds like a great cross-country skiing adventure

[chapinadam]

Great video..lots of wildlife!

[sethburgess]

I know, the amount of variety of wildlife we can see in Huron in just a few hours!

What's the name of your Red-tail again?

[newyorkcentral1]

While sailing 1 day last week we watched 2 eagles soaring over Newark & Eagle Islands for quite a while. To familiarize yourselves with the soaring silhouette, check a Peterson's field guide---and keep looking up!

[chapinadam]

Oh it varies between Skippy and Sparky..haven't seen her in a while