Date: 12/22/24 8:28 am
From: <jerrymcw...> <0000001b5c226889-dmarc-request...>
Subject: Erie County waterbird count for December 22, 2024
Location: Sunset Point, Presque Isle State Park

Date: December 22, 2024

Time: 0735 to 1005 AM

Weather: Mostly cloudy, ENE wind to 10 mph, waves 1’, temp. 19 F.

Comments: Very little activity over or on thewater.  Four Calidris slipped past thewatch, that were probably Purple Sandpipers, since there have been a numberpresent, and no Dunlin have been reported for at least a couple of weeks.  Doug Massey visited for a while and BrianBerchtold stopped for a brief visit.

 
Waterbirds recorded: American Wigeon 6Mallard 10Redhead 9Greater Scaup 43Lesser Scaup  1Scaup species 148White-winged Scoter 18Surf/Black scoter 3Long-tailed Duck 6Bufflehead 1Common Goldeneye 9Horned Grebe 2Red-breasted Merganser 240PURPLE SANDPIPER 4 (most likely)Red-throated Loon 1CommonLoon 1

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

 
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