[nysbirds-l] Sylvan Lake birds including goodies

[Andrew Block (via NYSBIRDS-L list)]

1/8/26 - Sylvan Lake, Hopewell Jct., Dutchess Co., NY
300+ Canada Geese (+ one dead one floating in the water like it was asleep)15+ 
Mute Swans1 TRUMPETER SWAN  (adult unbanded bird calling alot)6 Mallards2 
Northern Pintails1 Green-winged Teal50+ Ring-necked Ducks1 TUFTED DUCK 
(female)3 Greater Scaupsseveral Buffleheads1 Common Goldeneye (female)several 
Hooded Mergansers10+ Common Mergansersseveral Ruddy Ducksmany Ring-billed 
Gulls5 American Herring Gulls1 Bald Eagle (immature)1 Merlin
There was supposed to be a Cackling Goose too, but couldn't find it.  On the 
way home we stopped at New Croton Reservoir in Croton and had a female Northern 
Pintail in the puddles below the dam.  
Andrew 
Andrew BlockConsulting Naturalist
Yonkers, New York www.flickr.com/photos/conuropsis/albums