November Waterbird Report

** Sorry for the delay on this report. The Holiday Season took over so now I am playing catch up.  Toni Kelly, web editor**

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: November 1, 2017      
Waterbirds recorded:
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  11
Green-winged Teal  1
Lesser Scaup  570
Surf Scoter  6
White-winged Scoter  3
Surf/Black scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  9
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  51
Common Loon  140
Horned Grebe  8
Dunlin  320
Other birds over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 imm.
Passerine  2

Date: November 2, 2017      
Waterbirds recorded:
 American Black Duck  3
Mallard  2
Green-winged Teal  19
Lesser Scaup  47
Surf Scoter  6
White-winged Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  19
Common Goldeneye  5
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Common Loon  56
Horned Grebe  5
Dunlin  70 (one flock)
Other bird over the lake:
Bald Eagle   1 imm.

Date: November 3, 2017      
Waterbirds recorded:
Gadwall  5
American Wigeon  2
American Black Duck  14
Mallard  3
Northern Pintail  65 (one flock!)
Lesser Scaup  126
Surf Scoter  3
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  52
Bufflehead  93
Common Goldeneye  51
Red-breasted Merganser  56
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  41
Horned Grebe  6
Double-crested Cormorant  85
Black-bellied Plover  5
Sanderling  3
Other bird flying along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 imm.

Date: November 4, 2017      
Waterbirds recorded:
American Black Duck  15
Green-winged Teal  21
Redhead  8
Lesser Scaup  18
Surf Scoter  3
White-winged Scoter  1
Surf/Black scoter  8
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  11
Common Goldeneye  13
Hooded Merganser  2
Common Merganser  7
Red-breasted Merganser  111
Red-throated Loon  4
Common Loon  25
Horned Grebe  20
Double-crested Cormorant  178
Black-bellied Plover  5
Dunlin  79
Other bird moving along the lake:
Small Passerine  1

Date: November 5, 2017      
Waterbirds recorded:
Mallard  4
Northern Pintail  1
Lesser Scaup  72 (most in one flock)
Surf Scoter  4
White-winged Scoter  4
Surf/Black scoter  5
Bufflehead  9
Red-breasted Merganser  27
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  32
Unidentified loon  2
Horned Grebe  17
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Dunlin  20 (one flock)
Other bird moving along the lake:
Snow Bunting  1

Date: November 7, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Redhead  1
Lesser Scaup  74
White-winged Scoter  1
Surf/Black scoter  12
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead 19
Common Goldeneye  15
Red-breasted Merganser  78
Common Loon  25
Unidentified loon  1
Horned Grebe  8
Black-bellied Plover  6
Sanderling  2

Date: November 9, 2017      
Waterbirds recorded:
Tundra Swan  4
Mallard  1
Lesser Scaup 46
White-winged Scoter  25
Surf/Black scoter  53
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  40
Common Goldeneye  8
Red-breasted Merganser  385
Red-throated Loon  4
Common Loon  68
Horned Grebe  4
RED-NECKED GREBE  1
Black-bellied Plover  3
Sanderling  3
Dunlin  9

Date: November 10, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
American Wigeon  4
American Black Duck  12
Mallard   7
Lesser Scaup  206
White-winged Scoter  2
Surf/Black scoter  6
Buffflehead  58
Common Goldeneye  18
Red-breasted Merganser  1446
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  111
Horned Grebe  1
RED-NECKED GREBE  3
Dunlin  1

Date: November 11, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded: 
Canada Goose  21
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  22
Green-winged Teal  3
Lesser Scaup  53
Surf Scoter  7
White-winged Scoter  8
Black Scoter  6
Surf/Black scoter  19
Long-tailed Duck  15
Bufflehead  8
Common Goldeneye  2
Common Merganser  4
Red-breasted Merganser  2475
Red-throated Loon  9
Common Loon  12
Unidentified loon  3
Horned Grebe  26 
Other birds moving along or across the lake:
Bald Eagle  2 (crossing the lake from Canada)
Snow Bunting  5

Date: November 12, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Mallard  3
Lesser Scaup  50
Surf Scoter  5
White-winged Scoter  8
Surf/Black scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  9
Bufflehead  3
Common Goldeneye  2
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  248
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  65
Horned Grebe  26
Black-bellied Plover  4
Dunlin 8
Other birds moving along the lake:
Snow Bunting  43

Date: November 13, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Lesser Scaup  25
Scaup species  400
Surf Scoter  2
White-winged Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  4
Common Goldeneye  2
Hooded Merganser  2
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  61
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  17
Horned Grebe  26
Black-bellied Plover  4
PURPLE SANDPIPER  1

Date: November 14, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Tundra Swan  28
Greater Scaup  1
Lesser Scaup  70
Unidentified scaup  245
White-winged Scoter  7
Surf/Black scoter  3
Long-tailed Duck  13
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  4870
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  35
unidentified loon  1
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Other birds over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Red-winged Blackbird  100
Small passerine  1

Date: November 15, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Mallard  4
Lesser Scaup  42
White-winged Scoter  2
Surf/Black scoter  2
Bufflehead  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  1473
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon 8
Horned Grebe  3
Black-bellied Plover  2
Other birds over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 imm.
Peregrine Falcon  1

Date: November 16, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Northern Pintail  7
Canvasback  2
Lesser Scaup  301
Unidentified scaup  572
White-winged Scoter  4
Common Goldeneye  3
Red-breasted Merganser  4550
Common Loon  64
Horned Grebe  1
Other birds moving along the lake:
Snow Bunting  8

Date: November 17, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Greater Scaup  4
Lesser Scaup  670
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  6
Black Scoter  3
Long-tailed Duck  15
Bufflehead  3
Common Goldeneye  4
Red-breasted Merganser  3900
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  49
Horned Grebe  154
RED-NECKED GREBE  1
Other birds over or along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1
Snow Bunting  50
Small  Passerine  1

Date: November 18, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
American Black Duck  3
Lesser Scaup  465
Unidentified scaup  200
Long-tailed Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  25
Unidentified loon  1
Red-breasted Merganser  250
Other birds moving along the lake:
Snow Bunting  59

Date: November 19, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
American Black Duck  1
Canvasback  1
Greater Scaup  5
Lesser Scaup  151
Unidentified scaup  1850
Surf/Black scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  10
Common Goldeneye  7
Red-breasted Merganser  88
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  76
Unidentified loon  3
Other birds moving along the lake;
Snow Bunting  3

Date: November 20, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Tundra Swan  73 (one flock)
Greater Scaup  2
Lesser Scaup  648
Unidentified scaup  12770
Surf Scoter  14
White-winged Scoter  4
Surf/Black scoter  8
Long-tailed Duck  10
Bufflehead  9
Common Goldeneye  8
Red-breasted Merganser  700
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  19
Horned Grebe  13
RED-NECKED GREBE  1
Other birds moving along the lake:
Snow Bunting  6

Date: November 21, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
American Wigeon  1
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  920
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  10
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  196
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  39
Horned Grebe  23
RED-NECKED GREBE  1
Other bird along the beach :
Snow Bunting  1

Date: November 22, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Ring-necked Duck  1
Greater Scaup  13
Lesser Scaup  575
Long-tailed Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  2
Common Merganser  12
Red-breasted Merganser  240
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  76
Horned Grebe  6
Black-bellied Plover  1
PURPLE SANDPIPER  1
Other birds over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1
Peregrine Falcon  1

Date: November 23, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Mallard  8
Redhead  5
Ring-necked Duck  1
Greater Scaup  6
Lesser Scaup  273
Surf Scoter  13 (one flock)
White-winged Scoter  10
Black Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  6
Common Goldeneye  4
Red-breasted Merganser  850
Red-throated Loon  5
Common Loon  11
Horned Grebe  17
Other birds over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 imm.
Peregrine Falcon  1

Date: November 24, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Greater Scaup  1
Lesser Scaup  2300
Surf Scoter  6
White-winged Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  1
Common Goldeneye  2
Red-breasted Merganser  600
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  12
Horned Grebe  32
Other bird over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1

Date: November 25, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Mallard  2
Greater Scaup  15
Lesser Scaup  800
White-winged Scoter  11
Surf/Black scoter  14
Long-tailed Duck  3
Common Goldeneye  3
Red-breasted Merganser  209
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  11
Horned Grebe  3
Other bird along the lake:
SNOWY OWL  1

Date: November 26, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Canvasback  4
Redhead  23
Greater Scaup  47
Lesser Scaup  8500
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  1
Surf/Black scoter  10
Long-tailed Duck  4
Common Goldeneye  17
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  155
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  20
Horned Grebe  100
Other birds moving over the lake:
Snow Bunting  5

Date: November 27, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Redhead  58
Greater  Scaup  2
Lesser Scaup  3580
Unidentified scaup  70
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  18
Long-tailed Duck  2
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  282
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  12
Horned Grebe  15

Date: November 28, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
American Black Duck  7
Mallard 33
Northern Pintail  1
Redhead  6
Lesser Scaup  980
Surf Scoter  7
White-winged Scoter  4
Long-tailed Duck  1
Hooded Merganser  5
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  253
Red-throated Loon  5
Horned Grebe  13
RED-NECKED GREBE  2

Date: November 29, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
American Black Duck  1
Ring-necked Duck  4
Lesser Scaup  900
HARLEQUIN DUCK  1 female
Surf Scoter  4
White-winged Scoter  26
Bufflehead  4
Common Goldeneye  3
Red-breasted Merganser  154
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  3
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1

Date: November 30, 2017    
Waterbirds recorded:
Wood Duck  1
Mallard  1
Greater Scaup  5
Lesser Scaup  219
White-winged Scoter  7
Black Scoter  1
Surf/Black scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  4
Hooded Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  100
Red-throated loon  2
Common Loon  1
Horned Grebe  3
 
Jerry McWilliams
erie, Erie County, Pa.
jerrymcw@aol.com