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Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: September 12, 2015 Time: 0700 to 0830 Weather: Cloudy, rain showers, wind NNE to 15 mph, temp. 60 F, waves 4 to 6 feet. Comments: Double-crested Cormorants and some shorebirds, but no waterfowl seen. Waterbirds recorded: Double-crested Cormorant 183 Sanderling 3 Unidentified Calidris 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: September 13, 2015 Time: 0650 to 0850 Weather: Variably cloudy, wind NNW to 15 mph, temp. 57 F, waves 4 to 5 feet. Comments: Slow like yesterday. The two bats were taken down by gulls as they tried to cross the lake. Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 2 Red-breasted Merganser 1 Double-crested Cormorant 72 Sanderling 9 Others moving across the lake: Unidentified bat 2 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: September 19, 2015 Time: 0650 to 0750 Weather: Cloudy, wind SSW to 10 mph, temp. 66 F, waves less than a foot. Passing cold front with rain before and after the count.. Comments: DCCO moving from Gull Point west over the lake. No waterfowl seen. Waterbirds recorded: Double-crested Cormorant 632 Sanderling 4 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: September 20, 2015 Time: 0650 to 0850 Weather: Partly cloudy, wind NE to 10 mph, temp. 60 F, waves two feet. Comments: DCCO moving west from Gull Point and flocks flying across the lake from Canada. A county early record RTLO was seen moving west. Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 11 American Wigeon 7 Green-winged Teal 4 Teal species 8 Lesser Scaup 6 Red-breasted Merganser 1 RED-THROATED LOON 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1745 Great Blue Heron 1 Sanderling 13 Other bird moving along the lake: Turkey Vulture 1 Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: September 23, 2015 Time: 0645 to 0745 Weather: Clear, calm wind, temp. 52 F. Calm lake Comments: Very little, just one mixed flock of ducks moving east. Roger Donn assisted with the count. Visitors include Brian Berchtold and a very hardy young female swimmer doing laps along the shoreline. Waterbirds recorded: Wood Duck 1 Blue-winged Teal 4 Green-winged Teal 8 Common Merganser 4 Double-crested Cormorant 300 Other bird moving along the lake: Bald Eagle 1 adult Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: September 28, 2015 Time: 0700 to 0830 Weather: Cloudy, S wind to 10 mph, temp. 64 F. Misty light rain. Waves calm onshore. Comments: Cormorants were moving off the point and staging on the lake off Sunset Point. Not much in the way of ducks. First Common Loon of the season flying west. Waterbirds recorded: Mallard 1 Blue-winged Teal 1 Northern Shoveler 2 Northern Pintail 1 Lesser Scaup 1 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1682 Other bird moving across the lake: Peregrine Falcon 1 adult Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park Date: September 30, 2015 Time: 0710 to 0840 Weather: Cloudy, NE wind to 25 mph, rain showers, temp. 60 F, waves 4’ to 5’ Comments: Driving wind and rain made for poor visibility. At times I could only see less than a half a mile out. At least 20 or so ducks slipped past unidentified because of weather conditions. The teal and pintail were moving west while the scaup were moving east Waterbirds recorded: Blue-winged Teal 10 Northern Pintail 65 Lesser Scaup 8 Double-crested Cormorant 7 Sanderling 4 * Note: August and September were combined because there was very little to report.
The next few months will be the waterbird count that Jerry conducts. Thanks, Toni Kelly, webeditor for PIAS The following birds of note were reported for August and September in Erie County, Pa. Whimbrel 1; Aug. 3 White-rumped Sandpiper 1; Aug. 5 Baird's Sandpiper 1; Aug. 6 High lake levels continue, so there is little shorebird habitat at Gull Point. Part of Gull Point Trail remains under water with up to two feet of water in one place. Willet 1; Aug 10; Gull Point Red Knot 3; Aug. 15; Gull Point September Long-tailed Duck 1 moribund female; through the week American Golden Plover 1; Sept. 5 to 8 Western Sandpiper 1; Sept. 13 White-rumped Sandpiper 1; Sept. 12 Stilt Sandpiper 1; Sept. 13 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult; Sept. 14; Gull Point American Golden Plover 2; Sept. 19; Gull Point Western Sandpiper 1; probably same bird from last weekend continues to Sept. 19; Gull Point Stilt Sandpiper 1; probably same bird from last weekend continues to Sept. 19; Gull Point Red-throated Loon 1; Sept. 20; Sunset Point (waterbird count); Record early in Erie County by about two weeks |
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