Bird Reports for July, August and September

Between a busy Summer schedule and my internet connection messing me up for awhile I've lagged behind on the reports.
So here is the last three months in one post. Hope to do better in the months to follow.
Toni

The following birds of note were reported July 1 - 6th from Gull Point at Presque Isle S.P., unless noted otherwise.

• Merlin   one pair with two young; east Erie; first confirmed nest with young in the county.
  
• Snowy Plover  1 adult; July 1 to at least July 4
  
• Piping Plover  up to 2, one with leg bands; July 3 & 4
  
• American Avocet  6; July 1  1; July 2
• Willet  1; June 30  23 (very high count for this time of year); July 1  1; July 2 to 4
• Whimbrel  1; July 2
  
• Marbled Godwit  1; July 1
  
• Ruddy Turnstone--2; June 30
  
• Black Tern  1; July 2
  
• Blackpoll Warbler  1 singing male; June 30 to at least July 2; Thompson Circle.  Latest on record in the county.
  

The following birds of note were reported July 7 - 14th from Gull Point at Presque Isle S.P.

• Piping Plover  1 banded adult; July 8
  
• American Avocet  2; July 7    3; July 8   2; July 9
• Whimbrel  1; July 9
  
• Marbled Godwit  3; July 7
  
• White-rumped Sandpiper  1; July 9
  

The following birds of note were reported July 15 - 20th from Gull Point at Presque Isle S.P. this past week.

• American Avocet  3; July 15    3; July 20
• Willet  1; July 19
  
• Whimbrel  2; July 16
  
• Marbled Godwit--1; July 19
  

July 20 - 27th Except for one sighting, all bird reports of note were from Gull Point on Presque Isle S.P., Pa.

• American Avocet  3; July 20 & 21      2; July 27
• Willet  2; July 21
  
• Whimbrel  4; July 23     4; July 27
• White-eyed Vireo  1; July 21; State Game Lands #314

The following birds of note were reported July 28 - August 4th from Gull Point at Presque Isle S.P., Pa.

• Least Bittern  1; July 30
  
• Whimbrel  12; July 28     3; July 31    1; Aug. 1
• Red Knot  14; July 28
  
• White-rumped Sanpiper  2; July 28
  

Don Snyder witness a spectacular fallout of shorebirds at Gull Point on Monday, July 28 when he estimated nearly 640 shorebirds of 12 species in a four hour period between 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM.  The majority of the birds were Semipalmated Sandpipers, about 325, and Sanderling, nearly 200.  The rarest birds were noted above.

Whimbrel at Gull Point on Presque Isle S.P. was the only notable bird reported August 5 - 10th.

• Whimbrel  2; Aug. 5     1; Aug. 7 & 8

The following birds of note were reported August 11 - 17th from Gull Point on Presque Isle S.P., Pa.:

• Whimbrel  2; August 12
  
• Stilt Sandpiper  4; August 12
  
• Black Tern  1; Aug 16

Three Baird's Sandpipers were at the point on August 16.  The first reported this year.

The following birds of note were reported August 18 - 24th from Gull Point on Presque Isle State Park, unless noted otherwise.

• American Golden Plover  1; Aug. 22
  
• American Avocet  6; Aug. 20
  
• Willet  1; Aug. 20
  
• Upland Sandpiper  1; Aug. 20
  
• Stilt Sandpiper  up to 2; Aug. 20-22
• Lesser Black-backed Gull  1; Aug. 20
  
• Olive-sided Flycatcher  1; Aug. 19; State Game Lands #155
  

The following birds of note were reported August 31st from Gull Point on Presque Isle S.P.

• American Golden Plover  3; Aug. 31
  
• American Avocet  1; Aug. 31
  
• Willet  1; Aug. 31
  
• Whimbrel  2; Aug. 31
  
• Marbled Godwit  1; Aug. 31
  
• White-rumped Sandpiper  2; Aug. 31

The following birds of note were reported September 1 - 7th from Gull Point on Presque Isle S.P. unless noted otherwise:

• American Golden Plover  5; Sept. 6   1; Sept. 7
  
• American Avocet  2; Sept. 7
  
• Whimbrel  1; Sept. 2
  
• Hudsonian Godwit  1; Sept. 2
  
• Stilt Sandpiper  1; Sept. 7
  
• White-eyed Vireo  1; Sept. 3; Presque Isle
  
• Yellow-throated Vireo  1; Sept. 4; along French Creek north of the Union City Dam
  

The following birds of note were reported September 8th - 14th in Erie County, Pa.

• Buff-breasted Sandpiper  1; Sept. 11; Gull Point, Presque Isle S.P.
  
• Eastern Whip-poor-will  1 heard calling; Sept. 8; pines, Presque Isle S.P.
  
• Connecticut Warbler  1; Sept. 9; State Game Lands #191
  

There was a nice fallout of Passerines the last couple of days with 40 to 50 Swainson's Thrushes reported from Presque Isle S.P. and several species of warblers including Cape May Warblers.  Today there were several Philadelphia Vireos present on Presque Isle S.P.

The following birds of note were reported from Presque Isle S.P. September 15th - 21st

• Red Phalarope  2; Sept. 14; Gull Point
  
• White-eyed Vireo  1; Sept. 15; Pine Tree Trail
  

The birds of note were reported September 22 - 28th.

• American Golden Plover  2; Sept. 23; Gull Point
  
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper  1; Sept. 23; Gull Point
  
• Pine Siskin--16; Sept. 28; Erie bay side.  Earliest sighting on record in the county by at least two weeks.
  

Jerry McWilliams
Erie, Erie County, Pa.