Date: 11/20/24 12:07 pm From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...> Subject: Erie County waterbird count for November 20, 2024
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park
Date: November 20, 2024
Time: 0700 to 0900 AM
Weather: Off and on fog with clear skies above, light lake breeze, lake calm,temp. 53 F
Comments: A loud boat cruised along at a slow speed heading west first thing this morning, putting up multiple flocks of ducks ahead of it. Once the boat passed everything settled down and I saw only a dozen or so ducks after that. Because of the fog, most of the flocks of scaup could not be identified to species. Roger Donn stopped near the end of the watch. Waterbirds recorded: Mallard 6Ring-necked Duck 2Greater Scaup 52Lesser Scaup 106Scaup species 1500 (nearly 1000 in one flock)Surf Scoter 34White-winged Scoter 74 (22 in one flock)Black Scoter 3Long-tailed Duck 1Bufflehead 3Red-breasted Merganser 160Ruddy Duck 4Horned Grebe 13Common Loon 1 Other birds moving along the lake: EuropeanStarling 5
