Date: 1/8/26 12:08 pm From: Andrew Block (via NYSBIRDS-L list) <NYSBIRDS-L...> Subject: [nysbirds-l] Sylvan Lake birds including goodies
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
