Date: 11/3/24 9:47 am From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> Subject: Erie County waterbird count for November 3, 2024
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: November 3, 2024
Time: 645 to 0945 AM
Weather: Clear, ESE wind to 10 mph, calm lake,temp. 34 to 45 F
Comments: Migration was light. Jim Flynn, Joe Susi, and Roger Donn assisted with the count. Waterbirds recorded: Mallard 8American Black Duck 1Lesser Scaup 27Scaup species 23Surf Scoter 8White-winged Scoter 6Black Scoter 10Surf/Black scoter 2Bufflehead 24Common Goldeneye 5Common Merganser 80 (one flock, likely the local combined family units)Red-breasted Merganser 166Horned Grebe 26Dunlin 1Red-throated Loon 1Common Loon 41Loon species 2 Other birds moving along the lake: American Goldfinch 27SnowBunting 80 (three flocks)
