Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 5, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Lesser Scaup 1 Hooded Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 2240 Horned Grebe 2 Location: Walnut Creek Access, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 6, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Tundra Swan 21 Redhead 1 Lesser Scaup 45 Unidentified scaup 365 Black Scoter 1 Surf/Black scoter 1 Bufflehead 18 Common Goldeneye 8 Hooded Merganser 3 Red-breasted Merganser 3460 Horned Grebe 5 Location: Walnut Creek Access, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 7, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Lesser Scaup 2 Unidentified scaup 126 Surf Scoter 1 Black Scoter 2 Long-tailed Duck 1 Bufflehead 1 Common Goldeneye 19 Hooded Merganser 14 Common Merganser 1 Red-breasted Merganser 3240 Red-throated loon 3 Horned Grebe 1 Dunlin 1 Other bird moving along the lake: Bald Eagle 1 Location: Walnut Creek Access, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 8, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 30 Tundra Swan 8 Gadwall 6 American Black Duck 1 Mallard 27 Northern Shoveler 20 Canvasback 75 Redhead 30 Greater Scaup 12 Lesser Scaup 32 Unidentified scaup 236 White-winged Scoter 4 Bufflehead 14 Common Goldeneye 34 Hooded Merganser 9 Common Merganser 1 Red-breasted Merganser 2860 Ruddy Duck 1 Red-throated Loon 4 Common Loon 11 Horned Grebe 8 Other bird moving along the lake: Bald Eagle 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 9, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canvasback 5 Greater Scaup 2 Lesser Scaup 15 Unidentified scaup 94 Long-tailed Duck 4 Bufflehead 3 Common Goldeneye 11 Red-breasted Merganser 500 Red-throated Loon 2 Common Loon 13 Horned Grebe 10 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 10, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 25 Mallard 2 Canvasback 35 (one flock) Redhead 10 (one flock) Ring-necked Duck 1 Unidentified scaup 61 White-winged Scoter 3 Black Scoter 1 Surf/Black scoter 2 Long-tailed Duck 2 Common Goldeneye 4 Common Merganser 4 Red-breasted Merganser 148 Red-throated Loon 2 Common Loon 14 Other birds moving over the lake: Snow Bunting 5 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 11, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 35 American Black Duck 2 Canvasback 1 Redhead 1 Greater Scaup 7 Lesser Scaup 35 Unidentified scaup 35 Surf Scoter 1 White-winged Scoter 1 Bufflehead 8 Common Goldeneye 6 Common Merganser 7 Red-breasted Merganser 649 Red-throated Loon 4 Common Loon 2 Horned Grebe 4 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 13, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Tundra Swan 7 Canada Goose 13 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 5 Canvasback 11 Ring-necked Duck 1 Greater Scaup 25 Lesser Scaup 45 Unidentified scaup 155 KING/COMMON EIDER 1 female Surf Scoter 19 White-winged Scoter 16 Black Scoter 4 Long-tailed Duck 100 Bufflehead 14 Common Goldeneye 32 Common Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 170 Red-throated Loon 10 (there were 9 in one loose flock) Common Loon 15 Horned Grebe 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 14, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Tundra Swan 15 American Black Duck 147 Mallard 3 Canvasback 18 Redhead 65 Greater Scaup 23 Lesser Scaup 10 Unidentified scaup 332 White-winged Scoter 3 Black Scoter 1 Long-tailed Duck 5 Bufflehead 17 Common Goldeneye 3 Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 1 Red-breasted Merganser 189 Ruddy Duck 1 Red-throated Loon 2 Common Loon 1 Unidentified loon 1 Other bird moving along the lake: LAPLAND LONGSPUR 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 15, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 2 American Black Duck 47 Mallard 2 Canvasback 21 Ring-necked Duck 5 Greater Scaup 51 Lesser Scaup 165 Unidentified scaup 342 Surf Scoter 1 White-winged Scoter 4 Surf/Black scoter 5 Long-tailed Duck 6 Common Goldeneye 16 Red-breasted Merganser 48 Red-throated Loon 4 Loon species 2 Horned Grebe 5 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 16, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Unidentified scaup 257 Canvasback 23 Common Goldeneye 2 Red-breasted Merganser 112 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 18, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: American Black Duck 120 (one flock) Canvasback 19 Redhead 1 Greater Scaup 20 Lesser Scaup 1 Unidentified scaup 250 Bufflehead 1 Common Goldeneye 8 Red-breasted Merganser 51 Common Loon 1 Horned Grebe 12 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 19, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 3 Tundra Swan 2 Gadwall 12 American Black Duck 10 Canvasback 7 Redhead 1065 Greater Scaup 80 Lesser Scaup 80 Unidentified scaup 1100 Surf Scoter 2 White-winged Scoter 9 Surf/ Black scoter 2 Common Goldeneye 34 Red-breasted Merganser 49 Red-throated Loon 1 Common Loon 2 Horned Grebe 4 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 20, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canvasback 185 Redhead 850 Greater Scaup 36 Lesser Scaup 176 Unidentified scaup 155 White-winged Scoter 26 (22 in one flock) Long-tailed Duck 2 Common Goldeneye 20 Red-breasted Merganser 64 Red-throated Loon 1 Common Loon 2 Unidentified loon 1 LITTLE GULL 1 adult Other bird moving across the lake: Northern Harrier 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 21, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Canvasback 90 Redhead 130 Greater Scaup 13 Lesser Scaup 4 Unidentified scaup 285 White-winged Scoter 43 Surf/Black scoter 1 Long-tailed Duck 2 Common Goldeneye 27 Common Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 65 Common Loon 1 Horned Grebe 1 Other birds moving across the lake: Snow Bunting 2 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 22, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Tundra Swan 10 Greater Scaup 2 Unidenitifed scaup 3 Long-tailed Duck 1 Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 9 Common Merganser 1 Red-breasted Merganser 114 Other bird moving along the lake: Snowy Owl 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 23, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Northern Pintail 13 Redhead 10 Greater Scaup 3 Unidentified scaup 6 White-winged Scoter 1 Common Goldeneye 1 Red-breasted Merganser 25 Red-throated Loon 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: December 24, 2017 Waterbirds recorded: Greater Scaup 35 Lesser Scaup 3 Unidentified scaup 7 White-winged Scoter 23 Long-tailed Tailed Duck 5 Common Goldeneye 17 Common Merganser 6 Red-breasted Merganser 65 Horned Grebe 6 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: January 1, 2018 Waterbirds recorded: Redhead 10 Greater Scaup 28 Lesser Scaup 1 White-winged Scoter 13 (one flock) Long-tailed Duck 14 (13 in one flock) Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 86 Common Merganser 6 Red-breasted Merganser 390 Other bird moving along the lake: Bald Eagle 1 adult Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: January 2, 2018 Waterbirds recorded: Greater Scaup 12 Lesser Scaup 3 Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 3 Common Merganser 2 Red-breasted Merganser 9 Jerry McWilliams Erie, Erie County, Pa. jerrymcw@aol.com Comments are closed.
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