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December - January Waterbird Report

1/29/2018

 
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park

Date: December 5, 2017     
Waterbirds recorded:
Lesser Scaup  1
Hooded Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  2240
Horned Grebe  2

Location: Walnut Creek Access, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 6, 2017     
Waterbirds recorded:
Tundra Swan  21
Redhead  1
Lesser Scaup  45
Unidentified scaup  365
Black Scoter  1
Surf/Black scoter  1
Bufflehead  18
Common Goldeneye  8
Hooded Merganser  3
Red-breasted Merganser  3460
Horned Grebe  5

Location: Walnut Creek Access, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 7, 2017     
Waterbirds recorded:
Lesser Scaup  2
Unidentified scaup  126
Surf Scoter  1
Black Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  1
Common Goldeneye  19
Hooded Merganser  14
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  3240
Red-throated loon  3
Horned Grebe  1
Dunlin  1
Other bird moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1

Location: Walnut Creek Access, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 8, 2017     
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  30
Tundra Swan  8
Gadwall  6
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  27
Northern Shoveler  20
Canvasback  75
Redhead  30
Greater Scaup  12
Lesser Scaup  32
Unidentified scaup  236
White-winged Scoter  4
Bufflehead  14
Common Goldeneye  34
Hooded Merganser  9
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  2860
Ruddy Duck  1
Red-throated Loon  4
Common Loon 11
Horned Grebe  8
Other bird moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 9, 2017     
Waterbirds recorded:
Canvasback  5
Greater Scaup  2
Lesser Scaup  15
Unidentified scaup  94
Long-tailed Duck  4
Bufflehead  3
Common Goldeneye  11
Red-breasted Merganser  500
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  13
Horned Grebe  10

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 10, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  25
Mallard  2
Canvasback  35 (one flock)
Redhead  10 (one flock)
Ring-necked Duck  1
Unidentified scaup  61
White-winged Scoter  3
Black Scoter  1
Surf/Black scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  2
Common Goldeneye  4
Common Merganser  4
Red-breasted Merganser  148
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  14
Other birds moving over the lake:
Snow Bunting  5

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 11, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  35
American Black Duck  2
Canvasback  1
Redhead  1
Greater Scaup  7
Lesser Scaup  35
Unidentified scaup  35
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  1
Bufflehead  8
Common Goldeneye  6
Common Merganser  7
Red-breasted Merganser  649
Red-throated Loon  4
Common Loon  2
Horned Grebe  4

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 13, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Tundra Swan  7
Canada Goose  13
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  5
Canvasback  11
Ring-necked Duck  1
Greater Scaup  25
Lesser Scaup  45
Unidentified scaup 155
KING/COMMON EIDER  1 female
Surf Scoter  19
White-winged Scoter  16
Black Scoter  4
Long-tailed Duck  100
Bufflehead  14
Common Goldeneye  32
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  170
Red-throated Loon  10 (there were 9 in one loose flock)
Common Loon  15
Horned Grebe  1

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 14, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Tundra Swan  15
American Black Duck  147
Mallard  3
Canvasback  18
Redhead  65
Greater Scaup  23
Lesser Scaup  10
Unidentified scaup  332
White-winged Scoter  3
Black Scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  5
Bufflehead  17
Common Goldeneye  3
Hooded Merganser  1
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  189
Ruddy Duck  1
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  1
Unidentified loon  1
Other bird moving along the lake:
LAPLAND LONGSPUR  1

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 15, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  2
American Black Duck  47
Mallard  2
Canvasback  21
Ring-necked Duck  5
Greater Scaup  51
Lesser Scaup  165
Unidentified scaup  342
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  4
Surf/Black scoter  5
Long-tailed Duck  6
Common Goldeneye  16
Red-breasted Merganser  48
Red-throated Loon  4
Loon species  2
Horned Grebe  5

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 16, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Unidentified scaup  257
Canvasback  23
Common Goldeneye  2
Red-breasted Merganser  112

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 18, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
American Black Duck  120  (one flock)
Canvasback  19
Redhead  1
Greater Scaup  20
Lesser Scaup  1
Unidentified scaup  250
Bufflehead  1
Common Goldeneye  8
Red-breasted Merganser  51
Common Loon  1
Horned Grebe  12

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 19, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  3
Tundra Swan  2
Gadwall  12
American Black Duck  10
Canvasback  7
Redhead  1065
Greater Scaup  80
Lesser Scaup  80
Unidentified scaup  1100
Surf Scoter  2
White-winged Scoter  9
Surf/ Black scoter  2
Common Goldeneye  34
Red-breasted Merganser  49
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  2
Horned Grebe  4

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 20, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canvasback  185
Redhead  850
Greater Scaup  36
Lesser Scaup  176
Unidentified scaup  155
White-winged Scoter  26  (22 in one flock)
Long-tailed Duck  2
Common Goldeneye  20
Red-breasted Merganser  64
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  2
Unidentified loon  1
LITTLE GULL  1 adult
Other bird moving across the lake:
Northern Harrier  1

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 21, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canvasback  90
Redhead  130
Greater Scaup  13
Lesser Scaup  4
Unidentified scaup  285
White-winged Scoter  43
Surf/Black scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  2
Common Goldeneye  27
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  65
Common Loon  1
Horned Grebe  1
Other birds moving across the lake:
Snow Bunting  2

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 22, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Tundra Swan  10
Greater Scaup  2
Unidenitifed scaup  3
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  9
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  114
Other bird moving along the lake:
Snowy Owl  1

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 23, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Northern Pintail  13
Redhead  10
Greater Scaup  3
Unidentified scaup  6
White-winged Scoter  1
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  25
Red-throated Loon  1

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: December 24, 2017   
Waterbirds recorded:
Greater Scaup  35
Lesser Scaup  3
Unidentified scaup  7
White-winged Scoter  23
Long-tailed Tailed Duck  5
Common Goldeneye  17
Common Merganser  6
Red-breasted Merganser  65
Horned Grebe  6

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: January 1, 2018        
Waterbirds recorded:
Redhead  10
Greater Scaup  28
Lesser Scaup  1
White-winged Scoter  13 (one flock)
Long-tailed Duck  14 (13 in one flock)
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  86
Common Merganser  6
Red-breasted Merganser  390
Other bird moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 adult

Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: January 2, 2018        
Waterbirds recorded:
Greater Scaup  12
Lesser Scaup  3
Bufflehead  2
Common Goldeneye  3
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  9

Jerry McWilliams
Erie, Erie County, Pa.
jerrymcw@aol.com

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