Date: 11/4/25 9:11 am
From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Erie County waterbird count for November 4, 2025
Location: Sunset Point, PresqueIsle State Park

Date: November 4, 2025

Time: 0645 to 0915 AM

Weather: Clear, wind W to 15 mph,waves 3’ temp. 50 F.

Comments:   There was a modest westward movement ofbirds, with scaup and Red-breasted Mergansers being the dominant species.  Separating the two species of scaup still remainsproblematic because of the distance and the light. The Tree Swallow was atreat, but it would have been better had it been a Cave Swallow, since now isusually when they turn up.

 

Waterbirds recorded:

 
Northern Shoveler  15Gadwall  12American Wigeon  1American Black Duck  10Northern Pintail  1Green-winged Teal  16Ring-necked Duck  2Greater Scaup  19Lesser Scaup  100Scaup species  500Surf Scoter  8White-winged Scoter  30Bufflehead  30Common Goldeneye  3Red-breasted Merganser  81Red-throated Loon  2Common Loon  6Horned Grebe  6
 

Other birds moving along the lake:

 

Tree Swallow  1 imm.
Snow Bunting 19 (heading west)

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

 
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