Date: 11/2/24 10:06 am From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> Subject: Erie County waterbird count for November 2, 2024
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: November 2, 2024
Time: 0750 to 1050 AM
Weather: Variably cloudy then mostly clear, Nwind to 20 mph, waves 2’, temp. 46 F
Comments: There was a steady westward movement of waterfowl and an eastern movement of Horned Grebes. However, many of the birds were far offshore, so many of the scaup went unidentified to species. Scaup and Red-breasted Merganser made up most of the passing birds. Roger Donn assisted with the count. Daryl and Jesse Nolt and I chatted about the waterfowl movement and Brian Berchtold and Don McClelland stopped for a short visit. Waterbirds recorded: Canada Goose 4Gadwall 10Mallard 14American Black Duck 7Green-winged Teal 7Greater Scaup 28Lesser Scaup 26Scaup species 546Surf Scoter 1White-winged Scoter 12Black Scoter 2Surf/Black scoter 20 (one distant flock)Bufflehead 17Common Goldeneye 20Common Merganser 1Red-breasted Merganser 192Horned Grebe 72Dunlin 29Red-throated Loon 2Common Loon 11Loon species 4
Jerry McWilliamsErie, Erie County, Pa.
