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	Friday, April 25, 2003

2nd Annual Westchester Lagoon Ice Classic News Flash As of 9:00 PM this evening, 3/4 of the Lagoon ice has gone out. Longtime Lagoon residents are amazed. I've lived here for twenty years and the ice has never gone out this early. said one old codger. Another old codger, Peter has never seen the ice go out before May 1st. BUT only 2/3's of the ice is gone. So, according the judges (me), it is not yet officially out. However, it is my guess that it will be out by 3:00 PM tomorrow. It's a very good thing that Ice Classic voting closes in an hour and thirty five minutes. So, here are the official entries: April 28th. Phil. April 28th. Brad. April 29th. Marcie. April 30th. Dr L. May 1st. Mom. May 1st. Charles. May 1st. Niek. May 2nd. Sandi. May 3rd. Chris. May 4th. Gordon. May 8th. The Ski Boy. 10:45:33 PM    comment []

Wide open water. Almost... 10:27:49 PM    comment []

What's left of the ice. 10:26:11 PM    comment []

A pair of Barrow's Goldeneyes floating on the now vast expanse of open water. Why are these Barrow's Goldeneyes and not Common Goldeneyes? Two significant distinguishing features on the male: 1) The white patch in front and below the eye is a long oblong. In the Common Goldenye, it is a roundish splotch. 2) The back of the Barrow's Goldeneye has much more black showing with just some white patches in a line. The Common Goldeneye back has quite a bit more white "ladder like" markings. 10:18:31 PM    comment []

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