This afternoon Linda and I checked areas at the northern end  of Hoover
Reservoir, all of which were in Delaware County. Areas visited  included Oxbow
Road & Island, Wiese Road, Dustin Road, Twin Bridges Boat  Launch and the
Maxtown Boat launch. The birds were scattered from north to south  with
numerous rafts, some quite large. By far the most numerous were  Red-breasted
Merganser, but Bufflehead weren't far behind. Not up to par with  the
White-winged Scoter at Delaware Lake, we observed the first-of-year Tree  Swallows. We
ran into Rob Thorn at the Maxtown Boat Launch and as Rob and I  talked a
Red-tailed Hawk was being harassed by crows.

Waterfowl observed:

Pied-billed  Grebe
Horned  Grebe
Double-crested  Cormorant
Canada  Goose
Wood  Duck
Gadwall
American  Wigeon
American  Black Duck
Mallard
Redhead
Ring-necked  Duck
Lesser  Scaup
Bufflehead  (numerous nice rafts - over 150 total individuals)
Hooded  Merganser
Red-breasted  Merganser (large numbers everywhere - 500+)
Ruddy  Duck (many nice rafts - well over 200)
Other  notable species:
Tree  Swallow (best site was Maxtown Boat Launch)
Hermit  Thrush
Swamp  Sparrow (Oxbow & Wiese Roads)
Charlie  Bombaci
Hoover  Nature Preserve

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