Final Waterbird report:
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: January 1, 2017 Time: 0735 to 0935 Weather: Variably cloudy, temp. 33 F, SW wind to 10 mph, onshore waves two feet. Comments: Nearly all movement was westbound. This is will be the last count for the season. Waterbirds recorded: Canvasback 52 Redhead 2 Lesser Scaup 31 Greater Scaup 8 Unidentified scaup 4 White-winged Scoter 11 Black Scoter 1 imm. Male Long-tailed Duck 14 Common Goldeneye 11 Common Merganser 6 Red-breasted Merganser 160 Red-throated Loon 3 Common Loon 8 Horned Grebe 2 Bird Reports for January: The following birds of note were reported from Presque Isle S.P., Pa. unless noted otherwise: Black Scoter 1; Jan. 1 (waterbird count) Red-necked Grebe 1; Dec. 31 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1; Jan. 1 Glaucous Gull 1; Jan. 1 Iceland Gull 1; Dec. 31 Black Scoter 1; Jan. 1; Sunset Point (Waterbird count) Red-necked Grebe 1; Jan. 1 & 2; north pier Lesser Black-backed Gull up to 2; Jan. 1 & 2; Presque Isle Glaucous Gull 1; Jan. 1; off Leo’s Snowy Owl 1; Jan. 5; Erie International Airport Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1; Jan. 8; Girard Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1; To at least Jan. 2; Harborcreek Pine Siskins were reported coming to a feeder in Fairview Twp Glaucous Gull 1; Jan. 16; marina Snowy Owl 1; Jan. 21; Gull Point Chipping Sparrow 1; Jan 20 (late); Millcreek twp. Snow Goose 1; Jan. 29; Fairview Business Park White-winged Scoter 1; Jan. 28; foot of East Ave. Great Blue Heron 131(high count); Jan. 29; Niagara Pond, Presque Isle S.P. Iceland Gull up to 4; Jan. 27 to 29; Lake View Landfill and Presque Isle Bay Herring Gull 1 (adult dark mantled); Jan. 27; Lake View Landfill Lesser Black-backed Gull up to 4; Jan. 24 to 29; Presque Isle Bay Slaty-backed Gull 1 adult; Jan. 27 to 29; Lake View Landfill & off vista 1, Presque Isle S.P. First county record and potential second state record. Glaucous Gull up to 4; Jan. 24 to 28; Lake View Landfill & Presque Isle Bay Snowy Owl 1; Jan. 27; Gull Point, Presque Isle S.P. Common Raven 1; Jan. 28; Lake View Landfill Common Redpoll 1; Jan. 29; Pine Tree trail, Presque Isle S.P. Jerry McWilliams Erie, Erie County, Pa. jerrymcw@aol.com |
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