Weekly bird report: Feb. 10 - 16, 2014

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Long-tailed Duck by Michele Franz

Surf Scoter and White-winged Scoter by Michele Franz

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.