Date: 10/8/25 8:20 am
From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Erie County waterbird count for October 8, 2025
Location: Beach 10, Presque IsleState Park

Date: October 8, 2025

Time: 0720 to 0920 AM

Weather: Mostly cloudy, becoming clear,N wind to 20 mph, waves 2’ to 3’, temp. 59 F.

Comments: There was a good westerlymovement of waterfowl, though most were too far offshore to identify.  There were at least a few hundred.  Birds that were close enough to ID, thoughstill a mile or so offshore were mainly pintail, teal, and scaup, with a fairnumber of eastbound Surf Scoters as well.

 

Waterbirds recorded:

 

Canada Goose  6
Mallard 1Northern Pintail 102Green-winged Teal 25Blue-winged/Green-winged teal 22Lesser Scaup 10Scaup species 28Surf Scoter 23Red-breasted Merganser 2Common/Red-breasted merganser 10Double-crested Cormorant 25
 

Other birds moving along the lake:

 
Turkey Vulture 4

Jerry McWilliamsErie, Erie County, <Pa.jerrymcw...>

 
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