Bird Report for April

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

April 9th - The only birds of note to report from this past week were one or two adult Little Gulls seen in Misery Bay on Presque Isle S.P. and in Presque Isle Bay behind the Blasco Library in Erie

April 16th - The only bird of note this week was a Short-eared Owl at Gull Point, Presque Isle S.P., Erie Co., Pa.

American Bittern  2; April 29; Niagara and Horseshoe Ponds
 
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2; April 26; Niagara Pond
 
Sandhill Crane  2; April 25; over Rt. 5, west Erie
                          1; April 29; near Thompson Circle
 
American Avocet  6; April 26; Gull Point
 
Iceland Gull  1 first cycle; April 30; Gull Point
 
Prairie Warbler  1; April 27; Union City
 
Rusty Blackbird  4500+ (high count); April 29; Niagara Pond; coming in to roost