Date: 11/5/24 7:40 am From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> Subject: Erie County waterbird count for November 5, 2024
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: November 5, 2024
Time: 645 to 0915 AM
Weather: Variably cloudy, SSW wind to 25 mph,calm waves onshore, temp. 66 F
Comments: A few Red-breasted Mergansers and Common Loons were moving around in all directions and not much else. Highlight was an American Golden Plover that circled over us. Jim Flynn assisted with the count. Brian Berchtold stopped for a visit. Waterbirds recorded: American Wigeon 3Mallard 11Redhead 1Scaup species 12Surf Scoter 5White-winged Scoter 1Bufflehead 4Common Goldeneye 4Red-breasted Merganser 40Horned Grebe 20AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER 1Red-throated Loon 1Common Loon 27Loon species 9Double-crested Cormorant 1 Other bird moving over the lake: Sparrowspecies 1
