I spent about an hour yesterday and today at the Lake View Landfill SE of Erie and found some interesting birds.

Tough times for ravens as well, since about three of them turned up for the first time at the landfill.  The crows didn't seem to bother them, but the gulls gave them a hard time as they grabbed pieces of garbage.  The ravens flew around the landfill calling and after grabbing a piece of garbage they would fly south.

Other birds of interest at the landfill include:

• Rough-legged Hawk  two light and one dark
• Thayer's Gull  one first cycle and one second cycle
• Iceland Gull  one third cycle
• Glaucous Gull  two or three first cycle and one adult
  

Jerry McWilliams
Erie, Erie County, Pa.

The following birds of note were reported this week, mostly from Presque Isle S.P., Pa.

• White-winged Scoter  151 (record high single day count for the county); Jan. 20 to 22; off the north pier
• Snowy Owl  3; through the week; Erie International Airport & Gull Point
• Long-eared Owl  1; Jan. 24; pines on the the park
• Short-eared Owl  1; through the week; Gull Point
  

Jerry McWilliams
Erie, Erie County Pa.
jerrymcw@aol.com

The following birds of note were reported this week from Presque Isle S.P. Erie County, Pa. unless noted otherwise.

• Surf Scoter  1 or 2; Jan. 14; channel
  
• White-winged Scoter  several; all week; from Sunset Point east to the channel
  
• Black Scoter  1; Jan. 14; channel
  
• Iceland Gull  1 imm.; all week; Gull Point and channel 2 (1 imm. and 1 adult);  through the week; Lake View Landfill
  
• Glaucous Gull  up to 5 (imm. and adults); all week; Lake View Landfill up to 5 (imm. and adults); all week; Gull Point and the channel
  
• Snowy Owl  up to 3; all week; Sunset Point east to Gull Point; all week; Fairview Business Park 1; Jan. 15; east of Union City 1; all week; Erie international Airport
  
• Long-eared owl  1; Jan. 18; pines on Presque Isle
  
• Short-eared Owl  1; Jan. 11 to 15; Gull Point
  
• Northern Shrike  1; Jan. 18; west of Albion