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C. Goldeneye at Centennial, HowCo

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"Kurt R. Schwarz"

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Kurt R. Schwarz

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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:19:08 -0500

I braved the wind in search of wind-blown ducks.  At about 4:00 an immature male Common Goldeneye was present near the dam.  Other waterfowl was sparse.  Aside from some Canadas on the grass (including a somewhat smaller and darker breasted one, though bill did not seem right for Cackling), the only other waterfowl were:

Bufflehead - 1 female
Hooded Merganser - 2 males, 1 female
Plastic jug trying to make me thing it was a Common Merganser - 1

With luck, the goldeneye will linger, restoring the Centennial New Year's goldeneye tradition.

Kurt Schwarz
HowCo
goawaybird at comcast dot net