National Historic PSARA; SSP - Saratoga Spa SP SARA; StFl - Stillwater 
Flats (including Saratoga Sod Farm) SARA; SUNYA- State University of 
NY Albany; TP - Thacher P ALBA; TR - Tomhannock Res RENS; VF - 
Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve SARA; WR - Watervliet Res 
ALBA. 
LOONS - DUCKS 
Red-throated Loon: SL 30 Oct; only 
report. 
Com. Loon: max 4 SL 30 Oct; 3 LG 5 
Nov; only small numbers reported. 
Pied-billed Grebe: max 13 BCR 25 Sep; 
last WR 13 Nov. 
Homed Grebe: 3 Roger's Rock Bay LG 
29 Oct; TR 7 Nov; SL 14 Nov; Silver Bay 
LG 21 Nov; only reports. 
Red-necked Grebe: SL 30 Oct; LG 13 
Nov; LG 22 Nov; only reports. 
Double-crested Cormorant: max 65 
SI/GI 3 Oct; last SL 14 Nov. 
Am. Bittern: NR 23 Sep; Kinderhook 4 
Oct; only reports. 
Great Blue Heron: max 12 lower MR 
Colonie 3 Oct; 10 CL 20 Nov. 
Great Egret: max 7 MR SCHE 28 Sep. 
Green Heron: max 5 CP 11 Sep; last 
Athens 10 Oct. 
Black-crowned Night-Heron: FR 9 Sep; 
only report. 
Turkey Vulture: max 20 NRP 12 Sep; last 
Taghkanic 26 Nov. 
Snow Goose: arr 1000+ Bell's Pd COLU 
28 Sep; max 1200 TR 21 Nov. 
Canada Goose: max 4000 HR Stillwater 4 
Nov; 3400 SL 14 Nov; 2600 TR 21 Nov. 
Brant: max 70 over SUNYA 6 Nov. 
Mute Swan: max 32 Nine Mile Pt GREE 
31 Oct; NL 10, 22, 24 Nov, only report 
north of COLU. 
Wood Duck: max 80 Half Moon 11 Sep; 
last 11 StFl 6 Nov. 
Gadwall; max 5 BCR 23 Oct. 
Eurasian Wigeon: BCR 3 Nov (AV). 
Am. Wigeon: arr 74 BCR 25 Sep; max 200 
BCR 23 Oct; last 12 GL 27 Nov. 
Am. Black Duck: max 60 HR Stillwater 4 
Nov. 
Mallard: max 164 GL 23 Nov. 
Blue-winged Teal: max 71 Cohoes 4 Sep; 
last 2 NRP 7 Oct. 
N. Shoveler. arr 2 VF 24 Sep; near TR 7 
Nov; 4 SL 14 Nov; only reports. 
N. Pintail: max 7 NRRS 6 Nov; last 7 GL 
27 Nov. 
Green-winged Teal: arr 2 Ferry Dr 4 Sep; 
max 270 VF 24 Sep; last 19 GL 27 Nov. 
Canvasback: no reports. 
Redhead: HR Stillwater 4 Nov; SL 14 
Nov; 2 GL 27 Nov; only reports. 
Ring-necked Duck: arr 70 BCR 25 Sep; 
max 400 BCR 23 Oct; 220+ GL 27 Nov. 
Greater Scaup: max 30 SL 14 Nov; last 7 
L7 28 Nov. 
Lesser Scaup: 10 BCR 23 Oct; 10 SL 14 
Nov; 4 GL 27 Nov; only reports. 
White-winged Scoter: max 14 SL 30 Oct. 
Oldsquaw: 2 TR 24 Oct; 3 TR 11 Nov; 
only reports. 
Bufflehead: arr NL 29 Oct. 
Com. Goldeneye: arr 21 TR 31 Oct; 125 
SL 14 Nov; max 162 TR 21 Nov. 
Hooded Merganser c 60 TR 7 Nov; max 
100 GL 27 Nov. 
Com. Merganser max 276 CL 14 Nov; 
200+NL 22 Nov. 
Red-breasted Merganser 3 Powell 
Sanctuary COLU 24 Sep; SL 10 Oct; only 
reports. 
Ruddy Duck: arr 2 SL 30 Oct; max 139 
TR 31 Oct. 
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