It was a pretty good day with
lots of variety and good numbers of waterfowl and gulls.   Seventeen species of waterfowl were
seen.  The only species of note were surf
and white-winged scoter.  There was a
decent flight of loons with 112 counted flying high.  The one red-throated loon was flying low over
the lake.  

 

Six species of gulls were
counted with the unusual ones being Iceland and lesser black-backed.  There were only a few Bonaparte’s.  Most of the gulls flying overhead were
ring-billed.  In the afternoon there were
still gulls flying west, but now herring gulls were the dominant species.  A glaucous was seen this afternoon, but I wasn’t
counting at the time.

 

Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North
Perry, Lake County

December 7, 2013, 0730-1100

Weather-   cloudy,
Wind- NW 10-15

Temperature 26 F, Barometer-
30.46-30.53

Humidity-  76-71, dew
point- 20-18

Waves- 3-5, 

Flight direction- mergansers
and gulls west, other waterfowl east

 

Canada goose   2

Tundra swan   107

Gadwall   4

American wigeon   2

American black duck  
8

Mallard   39

Northern pintail   1

Canvasback  63

Redhead   18

Greater scaup   22

Lesser scaup   143

Scaup spp.   290

SURF SCOTER   1

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER  
2

Bufflehead   6

Common goldeneye   77

Common merganser   34

Red-breasted
merganser  4,356

RED-THROATED LOON   1

Common loon  112

Bonaparte’s gull   18

Ring-billed gull   2250

ICELAND GULL  1 3rd

LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL   1 ad

Herring gull  278

Great black-backed
gull   12

 


John Pogacnik                                     
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