12/2/14, TuesdayPat Pollock @ 1:00 pm, in the snow/rain saw a small goose among Canada geese. Can't find a match so far. Closest was an immature Brant: goose in question has dark head, no white chinstrap, dark neck and chest. Below it is white on belly, marked with vertical streaks on flank and very white to rear; dark above, very small alongside the Canada flock. They were in NE section and close enough in I could see the small goose's eye which was dark and blended with the small head and small bill.I hoped the internet would display some hybrids, but cdn't find a likeness. If anybody else was out in the wretched weather today and saw that small goose, please call me or put it on Ebirds/ NYS (NO Common Merganser today in north, middle & west sides of Reservoir)12 Hooded Mergansers,several American Coots2 Ringed-neck Ducks in NE corner8 Buffleheads(NO Pied-billed Grebe that I cd see) on Monday, 12/1/14Common Merganser in center of line of seagulls moving north & south & frequently under water1st bird of day was Ruby-crowned Kinglet on retaining wall in brush, 10 Buffleheads, 2 R-N-Ducks eastside, Am. Coots, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Pinetum, Red bel. W.P., White-breasted Nuthatch on Sunday, 11/30/14Upper Lobe 3 Fox Sparrows near rock @ north entranceand quite a few assorted finches in Sweetgum trees: Goldfinches,House finches, Junko showed us (f) Purple Finch along Mugger's Walk earlier Frank Rutella spotted 1st Hermit Thrush I'd seen for a # of days, and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in Pinetum,
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