Erie County birds of note were reported for October

White-rumped Sandpiper  1; Oct. 5; Sunset Point (waterbird count)

Little Gull  2 adults; Oct. 4; Sunset Point (waterbird count)

Parasitic Jaeger  1 juv.; Oct. 4; Sunset Point (waterbird count)

Selasphorus hummingbird  1; all week; Albion

Common Raven  1; Oct. 5; SGL #157

Parasitic Jaeger  1 juv.; Oct. 8; Sunset Point (Waterbird Count)

Rufous Hummingbird  1 adult female; from late Sept. to at least Oct. 9; Albion.  Banded by Bob Mulvihill.

Common Raven  1; Oct. 11; Union City

Snow Goose  1 white; Oct. 19; Waterford

Red-necked Grebe  1; Oct 18; Sunset Point, Presque Isle S.P. (waterbird count)

Golden Eagle  1 imm; Oct. 15; near the Lake View Landfill.  Second Erie County fall record.

Rufous Hummingbird  1 female; continues to at least Oct. 14; Albion

Wilson's Warbler  1; Oct. 19; Siegel Marsh.  Record late Erie County record by about ten days.

Harlequin Duck  1 female; Oct. 24
Red-necked Grebe  5; Oct. 21
                                1: Oct. 24
                                1; Oct. 26
Parasitic Jaeger  1 juv.; Oct. 24
Cackling Goose  1; Nov. 1; Waterford

Common/King Eider  1 female type; Nov. 1 & 2; Sunset Point (waterbird count)

Red-necked Grebe  1; Oct. 31; Sunset Point (waterbird count)
                                 1; Nov. 1; Sunset Point (waterbird count)

Red Phalarope  1; Nov. 2; Sunset Point (waterbird count)

Little Gull  1 adult; Oct. 30; Sunset Point (waterbird count)
                 1 adult; Nov. 1; north pier

Short-eared Owl  1 or 2; Oct 28 & 30; Gull Point and off Beach 11 respectively

Rufous Hummingbird  1 female remains through at least Oct. 30; Albion

The following birds of note were reported for Erie County, Pa. this past week:

• Ibis species (Glossy or White-faced)--1; May 28; Gull Point
• Black Vulture--1; seen at least once this past week; Lake View Landfill
• Red Knot--1; May 30; Gull Point
  

Jerry McWilliams

Readers,
If anyone wants to share there bird photos here just email them to webeditor@presqueisleaudubon.org
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Toni Kelly, PIAS webeditor

The first photo is a long-tailed duck while the second has a surf-scoter in the foreground and a white-winged scoter behind heading right, note the white comma behind his eye.

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

• Red-necked Grebe 1; Feb. 12; channel
• Surf Scoter 1; all week; channel
• White-winged Scoter 43 (maximum single day count this week); channel
• Long-tailed Duck 5; all week, channel and Horseshoe Pond
• Thayer's Gull 1; Feb. 11; Lake View Landfill
• Iceland Gull 1; through the week; Lake View Landfill
• Lesser Black-backed Gull 1; Feb. 11 & 15; Lake View Landfill & channel
• Glaucous Gull up to 4; all week; Lake View Landfill & channel
• Snowy Owl 1; Feb. 10 to at least 13; Girard Twp.,   2;  Feb. 10; Erie 1 with radio transmitter; all week; Erie International Airport and Presque Isle Bay
• Long-eared Owl 1 road killed; Feb. 11; Erie
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1; all week; Erie
• Northern Shrike 1; Feb. 12; Franklin Center  1; Feb. 15; Fairview Business Park
• Common Raven 1; all week; Lake View Landfill
  

Jerry McWilliams
Erie, Erie County, Pa.