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2017 Waterbird Summary

1/29/2018

 
WATERBIRD COUNT 2017
Summary
Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park, Erie County, Pa.
By Jerry McWilliams
 
Time in the field this year was 128 hours, up from 109 hours last year.  Open water farther north allowed waterfowl, which typically would be passing through our region at this time, to stay put.  Therefore we had relatively low counts for many species.  Even though Red-breasted Merganser totals are still far lower than a few years ago, this season’s total was nearly double that of last year.  Redheads had the most significantly flight of any of the other species of waterfowl breaking the all-time season total of 1776 set last year to 2275 birds this season.  Redheads also broke the record high daily total at 1065 birds.  Though no record was broken for scaup, there was a significant number counted.  Two new species of waterbirds were added to the count this year, Piping Plover and Least Tern.  
 
Thanks to all of the birders who stopped by and helped at times with the count.  I would also like to thank the park staff at Presque Isle State Park, especially the Operations Manager, Mathew Greene, for giving me permission to conduct the survey, by car, from the hard pan sand ridge adjacent to Sunset Point.  This site allowed me a clear 180 degree scan of the lake, and the increased elevation gave me the height needed to identify distant birds.  
 
Below are the specifics of the count:  
 
Time period:  Sept. 28, 2017 to Jan. 2, 2018
Hours observed:  128
Total species of water related birds:  42
Total species of other birds:  19
Total of all species of birds:  61
Total individuals of water related birds:  94276
Total individuals of other species of birds:  408
Total of all individuals:  94684
 
Season Totals by Species
Waterbirds
Brant  1
Canada Goose  203
Tundra Swan  168
Wood Duck  27
Gadwall  89
American Wigeon  99
American Black Duck  420
Mallard  216
Northern Shoveler  31
Northern Pintail  183
Green-winged Teal  120
Canvasback  497
Redhead  2275
Ring-necked Duck  23
Greater Scaup  450
Lesser Scaup  25486
Scaup species  19933
Eider species  1
Harlequin Duck  1
Surf Scoter  201
White-winged Scoter  328
Black Scoter  30
Surf/Black Scoter  174
Long-tailed Duck  307
Bufflehead  375
Common Goldeneye  522
Hooded Merganser  39
Common Merganser  88
Red-breasted Merganser  38461
Ruddy Duck  12
Red-throated Loon  108
Common Loon  1318
Loon species  20
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Horned Grebe  641
Red-necked Grebe  9
Double-crested Cormorant  626
Black-bellied Plover  48
Piping Plover  1
Sanderling  74
Purple Sandpiper  2
Dunlin  633
Unidentified shorebird  2
Little Gull  1
Common Tern  2
Common/Forster’s tern  30
Least Tern  1
 
Non-water related birds
Turkey Vulture  37
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  22
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Merlin  6
Peregrine Falcon  6
Mourning Dove  1
Snowy Owl  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Winter Wren  2
Kinglet species  1
European Starling  1
American Tree Sparrow  1
Lapland Longspur  1
Snow Bunting  188
Small passerine  25
Red-winged Blackbird  100
 
Non-bird related
Unidentified bat  1
Painted Lady  5
Monarch  3

December - January Waterbird Report

1/29/2018

 
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

November  Waterbird Report

1/29/2018

 
** 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
 
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