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October 2018 Waterbird Report

10/31/2018

 
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: September 10, 2018   
Waterbirds recorded:
Green-winged Teal  3
Double-crested Cormorant  650
Common Tern  1
Unidentified peep  4

Date: October 11, 2018       
Lesser Scaup  67
Surf Scoter  1
Common Loon  2
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Other bird moving across the lake;
Merlin  1

Date: October 12, 2018       
Canada Goose  4
American Wigeon  4
Northern Pintail  1
Ring-necked Duck  1
Greater Scaup  3
Lesser Scaup  162
Surf Scoter  11
White-winged Scoter  1
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Common Loon  1
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  100
Sanderling  3
Common Tern  6
Other birds moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1

Date: October 13, 2018       
Gadwall  30
American Wigeon  8
American Black Duck  5
Mallard  9
Northern Pintail  1
Lesser Scaup  210
Surf Scoter  5
Bufflehead  1
Common Merganser  1
Ruddy Duck  4
Common Loon  11
Double-crested Cormorant  97
Great Blue Heron  2
Common Tern  30
Other birds moving along or over the lake:
Turkey Vulture  3
Bald Eagle  8
Merlin  2
Peregrine Falcon  1
Red-winged Blackbird  200

Date: October 14, 2018       
Canada Goose  1
Gadwall  14
Lesser Scaup  556
Surf Scoter  5
Long-tailed Duck  1
Common Loon  8
Horned Grebe  3
RED-NECKED GREBE  2
Double-crested Cormorant  3
GREAT EGRET  1
Sanderling  1
Dunlin  6
Calidris species  7
Common Tern  19
Other birds moving along or across the lake:
Bald Eagle  1
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  5
Warbler species  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Small passerine  2

Date: October 16, 2018       
American Wigeon  4
American Black Duck  5
Mallard  2
Northern Pintail  2
Green-winged Teal  4
Lesser Scaup  776
Surf Scoter  3
Ruddy Duck  1
Common Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  78
Sanderling  5
Dunlin  2
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Common Tern  15
Other birds moving along the lake:
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  1

Date: October 17, 2018       
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  55
Mallard  1
Northern Pintail  2
Green-winged Teal  12
Lesser Scaup  367
Surf Scoter  11
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Ruddy Duck  4
Common Loon  15
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  155
Sanderling  7
Dunlin  7
Common Tern  8
Other birds and bat crossing the lake:
Bald Eagle  1
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Kinglet species  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Red-winged Blackbird  800+-
Passerine  7
Unidentified bat  1

Date: October 18, 2018       
Canada Goose  2
American Wigeon  2
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  12
Northern Pintail  5
Green-winged Teal  8
Lesser Scaup  211
Surf Scoter  21
White-winged Scoter  3
Long-tailed Duck  2
Bufflehead  23
Red-breasted Merganser  10
Ruddy Duck  1
Common Loon  7
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Sanderling  2
Dunlin  10
Common Tern  10
Other bird moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1

Date: October 19, 2018       
Gadwall  9
American Black Duck  14
Ring-necked Duck  4
Lesser Scaup  117
Surf Scoter  5
Black Scoter  1
Bufflehead  5
Common Goldeneye  2
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Ruddy Duck  3
Common Loon  11
Horned Grebe  1
Black-bellied Plover  2
Sanderling  7
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER  1
Dunlin  85
Common Tern  1
Other birds moving across the lake;
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  1

Date: October 20, 2018       
Gadwall  12
American Wigeon  1
American Black Duck  9
Mallard  2
Canvasback  1
Lesser Scaup  271
Surf Scoter  2
White-winged Scoter  9
Bufflehead  9
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Ruddy Duck  2
Red-throated loon  2
Common Loon  35
Horned Grebe  4
Double-crested Cormorant  110
Sanderling  3
Common Tern  2
Other birds flying along the lake:
Bald Eagle  3

Date: October 21, 2018       
Gadwall  4
American Black Duck  9
Mallard  1
Northern Pintail  2
Green-winged Teal  1
Redhead  1
Greater Scaup  1
Lesser Scaup  82
Surf Scoter  20
White-winged Scoter  10
Black Scoter  4
Surf/Black scoter  1
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  15
Common Goldeneye  3
Red-breasted Merganser  10
Common Loon  9
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  80
Dunlin  58
Common Tern  2
Other birds moving along or over the lake:
Bald Eagle  10
Passerine  5

Date: October 22, 2018       
Greater Scaup  2
Lesser Scaup  75
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  4
Common Goldeneye  3
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Common Loon  13
Unidentified loon  2
Horned Grebe  6
Dunlin  26

Date: October 23, 2018       
Gadwall  13
American Wigeon  1
Mallard  6
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  46
Surf Scoter  4
White-winged Scoter  7
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  16
Horned Grebe  4
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Common Tern  1
Other birds moving across the lake:
Unidentified kinglet  2

Date: October 24, 2018       
Gadwall  3
Northern Pintail  1
Lesser Scaup  39
Surf Scoter  2
White-winged Scoter  12
Black Scoter  1
Surf/Black scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  12
Common Goldeneye  5
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Common Loon  9
Horned Grebe  3
Double-crested Cormorant  44
Sanderling  3

Date: October 25, 2018       
American Black Duck  7
Lesser Scaup  6
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  2
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Common Loon  5
Unidentified loon  4
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Other birds moving along or across the lake:
Turkey Vulture  5
Bald Eagle  1
Merlin  1
Unidentified kinglet  1

Date: October 26, 2018       
Lesser Scaup  207
SCAUP species  25000+ (mostly, if not all Lessers)
White-winged Scoter  1
Surf/Black Scoter  1
Bufflehead  1
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Common Loon  3
Horned Grebe  11
Double-crested Cormorant  12
Other birds moving across the lake:
Unidentified Passerine  2

Date: October 27, 2018       
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  1
Lesser Scaup  880
Surf/Black scoter  23
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Common Loon  2
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  33
Dunlin  25
Other bird moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1

Location: Walnut Creek access
Date: October 28, 2018       
Lesser Scaup  17
Red-breasted Merganser  6
Ruddy Duck  1
Red-throated Loon  1
Horned Grebe  13
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Greater Yellowlegs  1

Location: Walnut Creek access
Date: October 29, 2018       
Lesser Scaup  241
White-winged Scoter  1
Common Goldeneye  3
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Horned Grebe  5
Other birds moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  4

Location: Walnut Creek access
Date: October 30, 2018       
Woopd Duck  3
Gadwall  3
Lesser Scaup  800
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  3
Surf/Black scoter  19
Bufflehead  1
Common Goldeneye  12
Hooded Merganser  5
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  56
Ruddy Duck  3
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  9
Horned Grebe  103
Double-crested Cormorant  2800
Dunlin  38

Location: Walnut Creek access
Date: October 31, 2018       
Lesser Scaup  227
White-winged Scoter  2
Surf/Black scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  1
Bufflehead  4
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Common Loon  6
Horned Grebe  10
Double-crested Cormorant  14
Other birds moving over or along the lake:
Merlin  1
Snow Bunting  1

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