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September - October Waterbird report

11/2/2017

 
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: September 28, 2016  
Waterbirds recorded:
Lesser Scaup  80
Common Merganser  4
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Double-crested Cormorant  70
PIPING PLOVER  1
Sanderling  7
 Other birds moving along the lake:
 Turkey Vulture  8
Merlin  1

Date: September 29, 2016   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  1
Wood Duck  3
Mallard  6
Green-winged Teal  8
Lesser Scaup  10
Common Loon  4
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Sanderling  10
Shorebird sp.  2
Other birds moving across the lake:
Merlin  1
Winter Wren  2
Kinglet  4
Small Passerine  1

Date: September 30, 2016   
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  5
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  1
Northern Pintail  43
Green-winged Teal  7
Lesser Scaup  15
Red-breasted Merganser  8
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Sanderling  16
Other birds moving along the lake:
Turkey Vulture  29

Date: October 5, 2016         
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  22
American Wigeon  8
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  1
Northern Pintail  28
Green-winged Teal  7
Lesser Scaup  21
Common Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Sanderling  9
Other birds moving across the lake:
Small Passerine  2

Date: October 6, 2016         
Waterbirds recorded:
Wood Duck  5
Gadwall  5
Mallard  5
Lesser Scaup  18
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Horned Grebe  3
Other bird moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1

Date: October 9, 2017         
Waterbirds recorded:
Mallard  1
Lesser Scaup  1
Black-bellied Plover  3
Sanderling  6
Dunlin  1

Date: October 10, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Wood Duck  13
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  6
Lesser Scaup  30
Common Loon  2
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Other birds moving across the lake:
Kinglet  4
Others crossing or flying along the lake:
Bat  1
Painted Lady  4
Monarch 2

Date: October 11, 2017       
Canada Goose  31
Lesser Scaup  7
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Common Loon  3
Double-crested Cormorant  56
Sanderling  7

Date: October 12, 2017      
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  2
Northern Shoveler  1
Green-winged Teal  2
Lesser Scaup  23
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Common Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  18
Sanderling  3
Other bird moving across the lake:
Merlin  1

Date: October 16, 2017       
American Wigeon  28
Mallard  10
Northern Shoveler  5
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  28
Redhead  1
Lesser Scaup  241
Surf Scoter  2
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Common Loon  3
Horned Grebe  1
Double-crested Cormorant  103
Sanderling  1
Dunlin  10
Common/Forster’s tern  30

Date: October 17, 2017       
Canada Goose  5
Gadwall  10
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  4
Lesser Scaup  102
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  1
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Ruddy Duck  6
Common Loon  6
Unidentified loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Dunlin  18
Other birds moving across the lake:
Merlin  1
Kinglet  1
Small Passerine  7

Date: October 18, 2017       
Mallard  2
Green-winged Teal  1
Lesser Scaup  300
Surf Scoter  12
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Ruddy Duck  1
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  9
Horned Grebe  12
Other birds moving along or across the lake:
Osprey  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Kinglet  1

Date: October 19, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  1
Mallard  9
Northern Shoveler  1
Northern Pintail  2
Green-winged Teal  4
Lesser Scaup  42
Surf Scoter  1
Red-breasted Merganser  3
Common Loon  20
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
LEAST TERN  1
Other birds moving along or over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 imm.
Mourning Dove (seen flying across the lake)

Date: October 20, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Wood Duck  1
Gadwall  5
Mallard  3
Lesser Scaup  272
Red-breasted Merganser  8
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Dunlin  2

Date: October 23, 2017       
Wood Duck  3
Green-winged Teal  2
Lesser Scaup  9
Common Merganser  16 (one flock)
Common Loon  16
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Other birds flying across or along the lake:
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Small Passerine  1
Other crossing the lake:
Monarch  1

Date: October 24, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Gadwall  5
Lesser Scaup  13
Surf Scoter  3
Common Loon  26
Black-bellied Plover  4
Sanderling  2
Dunlin  47
Other bird moving along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 adult

Date: October 25, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Gadwall  3
American Wigeon  4
Northern Shoveler  4
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  3
Ring-necked Duck  2
Lesser Scaup  114
Surf Scoter  2
White-winged Scoter  3
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Common Loon  15
Horned Grebe  3
Dunlin  15
Other birds moving across the lake:
Bald Eagle  2 (one adult one imm.)
Eastern Phoebe  1

Date: October 26, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Gadwall  19
American Wigeon  5
American Black Duck  7
Mallard  10
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  3
Canvasback  1
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  273
Surf Scoter  47
White-winged Scoter  4
Long-tailed Duck  3
Bufflehead  6
Common Goldeneye  2
Red-breasted Merganser  105
Common Loon  12
Horned Grebe  4
Double-crested Cormorant  51
Black-bellied Plover  3
Dunlin  12
Common Tern  1
Other birds moving along or over the lake:
Bald Eagle  2 imm.
Peregrine Falcon  1

Date: October 27, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded;
Canada Goose  4
American Wigeon  5
American Black Duck  11
Mallard  11
Northern Pintail  4
Green-winged Teal  5
Lesser Scaup  35
Surf Scoter  6
White-winged Scoter  2
Surf/Black scoter  2
Common Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  8
Ruddy Duck  2
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  45
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Dunlin  9
Other bird moving across the lake:
Merlin  1
Others moving over or along the lake:
Painted Lady  1
Monarch  1

Date: October 28, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
BRANT  1
American Wigeon  7
Mallard  1
Lesser Scaup  1
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Common Loon  2
Black-bellied Plover  1
Dunlin  1
Other bird over the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 adult chasing a gull

Date: October 29, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Gadwall  1
American Wigeon  24
American  black Duck  1
Northern Pintail  6
Ring-necked Duck  1
Lesser Scaup  22
Surf Scoter  4
Black Scoter  6
Surf/Black scoter  4
Long-tailed Duck  2
Common Goldeneye  1
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  5
Unidentified loon  2
Horned Grebe  1
Black-bellied Plover  5
Sanderling  3
Dunlin  6
Other bird moving across the lake:
Kinglet  1

Date: October 30, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Canada Goose  6
Gadwall  5
American Wigeon  6
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  2
Northern Pintail  9
Green-winged Teal  2
Lesser Scaup  176
Surf Scoter  13
White-winged Scoter  4
Black Scoter  3
Surf/Black scoter  12
Long-tailed Duck  2
Common Goldeneye  2
Red-breasted Merganser  32
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  23
Horned Grebe  2
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Black-bellied Plover  2
Sanderling  2
Other birds moving over or along the lake:
Bald Eagle  1 imm.
Merlin  1
American Tree Sparrow  1

Date: October 31, 2017       
Waterbirds recorded:
Gadwall  12
American Wigeon  4
Mallard  7
Canvasback  1
Ring-necked Duck  6
Lesser Scaup  361
Surf Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  1
Red-breasted Merganser  10
Ruddy Duck  1
Common Loon  8
Horned Grebe  2
Dunlin  5
Other bird crossing the lake:
European Starling  1

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