There was also a Common Loon on the Reservoir and a male Wood Duck below
the dam.

I posted my checklists on eBird.

James Muller

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016, 2:28 PM Nancy Rudd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Midday, 1/6/2016
>
> Hoover Dam spillway
>
> hooded mergansers--2-3 males
> American wigeons--6-7 males
> common goldeneye--1 female
> bufflehead--males and females
> Northern pintail-1 male
> gadwalls--quite a few in the shallow water beyond the main spillway
> mallards--numerous in both main spillway and in the shallow water beyond
> black ducks-fairly numerous in the shallow water
> ring-billed gulls--numerous
> herring gulls--at least 2 sitting on rocks in the shallow water
> Bonaparte's gull-- this one really stood out flying amidst the ring-bills
> great blue heron--1
>
> We also visited 3 points on Alum Creek (dam spillway, New Galena boat
> launch, and Cheshire Rd boat launch) but all we saw were Canada geese
> except for 7-8 female hooded mergansers at Cheshire Rd. and some pigeons
> at the dam.
>
> Nancy Rudd and Bob Gold
>
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