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Re: Long-tailed Duck at Cheshire Rd Boat Launch, Delaware County
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Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:56:50 -0500
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Thanks for the posting of the Long-tailed Duck!  We watched it from about 2:30 to 3:00 PM.  It took wing several times while we were there and I believe I last saw it heading south of Cheshire road.  

Greg & Leslie Cornett, Sunbury On Feb 24, 2015 1:49 PM, Nancy Rudd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> We watched the mass of waterfowl at the patch of open water off the 
> Cheshire Rd. boat launch site on Alum Creek Reservoir (Delaware County) 
> from about 11:30-1:00 today (February 24).  The not-previously-reported 
> sighting was of a single long-tailed duck. Most of the time we were 
> there it was in the patch of water closest to the parking lot and though 
> often underwater, was clearly visible when up.  By the time we left it 
> had moved to a smaller bit of water further from the parking area and 
> was harder to spot. 
>
> Other birds included one bufflehead, three horned grebes, quite a few 
> lesser scaup, and large numbers of canvasbacks, redheads, common 
> mergansers, red-breasted mergansers, common goldeneyes, tundra swans, 
> and Canada geese.  When we first arrived several different species were 
> harrassing the grebes which was odd.  We also enjoyed watching a 
> substantial number of male goldeneyes gather around a female and 
> display.  They think it's spring.... 
>
> Nancy Rudd and Bob Gold 
>
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