I think you are right about it being private property, but there is a gravel parking lot right off Rt108 from which a scope can be set up without driving down [what I'm sure is a private road]. I seldom venture further than that, as it's usually not necessary, though the fishermen do not seem to care. I have seen them all around the pond; when I stop there and see any fishermen nearby I usually just keep going to bird elsewhere. The birds have all likely been flushed by them anyway. Rick Sussman