Date: 10/27/24 8:25 am From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> Subject: Erie County waterbird count for October 27, 2024
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: October 27, 2024
Time: 0740 to 1010 AM
Weather: Variably cloudy, wind SW to 5 mph,waves 1’, temp. 36 F
Comments: Light westward movement of waterfowl, mostly scaup. A few Bonaparte’s Gulls streaming by later in the count. Two Merlins along with Ring-billed Gulls were picking off Passerines as they neared landfall. Joe Susi and Roger Donn assisted with the count. Mark Lethaby, Janna Gonwa and two of her friends stopped for a visit. Waterbirds recorded: Mallard 8Green-winged Teal 8Scaup species 120White-winged Scoter 2Bufflehead 4Common Goldeneye 4Hooded Merganser 8Red-breasted Merganser 15Ruddy Duck 18Horned Grebe 9Black-bellied Plover 2Common Loon 5Loon species 1Double-crested Cormorant 31 Other birds along the lake: Bald Eagle 2Merlin 3Kinglet species 2Passerine3
