Today I had my first "encounter" with a fan boat!  Noisy to say the  least 
and what would appear self evident, unnecessary on a water  body such as 
Lake Bomoseen.  Waterfowl took flight at the boat's  approach but how many of 
them did not return is uncertain.
 
Lake Bomoseen-Castleton (2360 acres), Rutland, US-VT
Nov 28, 2011 8:55  AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:      Temperature 54 degrees F.  Fan boat circled the lake at 
speed and  a high decibel level disturbing the waterfowl.  Observations made 
from  9 stations around the lake.
17 species

Canada Goose   2
Mallard  44
Lesser Scaup  7
Common Goldeneye   135     Checked for Barrow's.
Hooded Merganser   2
Common Merganser  19
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay   3
American Crow  7
Common Raven  2
Black-capped  Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch   1
American Robin  1
European Starling  10
Northern  Cardinal  1
American Goldfinch  3

This report was generated  automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)


Cheers,
Roy Pilcher
The Gables at East Mountain, Rutland,  Vermont

Speaking the same language.