Attached is my list of birds seen at lake Erie Bluffs in lake County this morning.
John Pogacnik
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Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark--Lane Rd., Lake, Ohio, US
Nov 8, 2018 7:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly cloudy with a temperature in the low 40s with moderate west winds. Most birds were heading west.
43 species (+2 other taxa)
Mallard 5
American Black Duck 2
Long-tailed Duck 1 1 male heading west ahead of a small group of red-breasted mergansers
Red-breasted Merganser 168
waterfowl sp. 60
Horned Grebe 7
jaeger sp. 1 One unidentified dark phase bird flying too distant to clearly see pattern of the white flash in the primaries. There were no gulls or other birds near it for comparison. The bird was dark with a strong wing beat. Wings were pointed with some white flash in the outer primaries.
Bonaparte's Gull 42
Ring-billed Gull 1310
Herring Gull 335
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Red-throated Loon 1 I individual flying low over the water heading west. Identified by small sized loon with a distinct downward wingbeat.
Common Loon 147 Most were flying high and were either going east to west or south to north
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Bald Eagle 8 There were at least 3 adults and 5 immatures, but there were probably more. There were eagles milling about and some them were appearing to be flying directly west.
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 21
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Brown Creeper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 34
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 117
American Pipit 1
Common Redpoll 4 A group of four flew by heading east
American Goldfinch 15
American Tree Sparrow 6
Fox Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
White-crowned Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 6
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Rusty Blackbird 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 18
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