I birded the Lake Erie Bluffs in lake County from about 6:50-10:30 this morning.  There were a lot of birds moving both over the lake and overland.  In all, 83 species were seen.


On the lake highlights were little gull- 1 adult, Caspian tern-8, surf scoter- 1 adult male, great egret- 1.  Inland highlights were  northern flickers- 126, hermit thrush-15, brown thrasher-5, lapland longspur- 6, Louisiana waterthrush- 1, pine warbler-1, vesper sparrow- 1, fox sparrow- 12, song sparrow- 68, and purple finch 2.


Canada Goose  37
Wood Duck  2
Gadwall  2
Mallard  6
Blue-winged Teal  4
Green-winged Teal  2
Ring-necked Duck  6
Surf Scoter  1
Common Goldeneye  2
Hooded Merganser  1
Red-breasted Merganser  1104
Common Loon  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Horned Grebe  3
Double-crested Cormorant  1744     There was a steady flow of cormorants heading east along the lake.  The largest flock consisted of over 220 birds.
Great Blue Heron  5
Great Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  92
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  4
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  5
Red-tailed Hawk  5
Killdeer  3
Wilson's Snipe  2
Bonaparte's Gull  864
Little Gull  1     An adult little gull passed by along the lake heading east.  the dark underwings, pale gray upperwings with a white trailing edge were noted.  the bird had an incomplete hood and had a fan shaped white tail.  it was travelling with Bonaparte's gulls.
Ring-billed Gull  972
Herring Gull  124
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Caspian Tern  68
Forster's Tern  2
Mourning Dove  8
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Downy Woodpecker  6
Northern Flicker  126
Pileated Woodpecker  1
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  44
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  24
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  3
House Wren  1
Winter Wren  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Eastern Bluebird  1
Hermit Thrush  15
American Robin  61
Brown Thrasher  5
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  166
Lapland Longspur  6
Louisiana Waterthrush  1
Pine Warbler  1
American Tree Sparrow  1
Chipping Sparrow  3
Field Sparrow  4
Fox Sparrow  12
Dark-eyed Junco  42
White-throated Sparrow  1
Vesper Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  84
Swamp Sparrow  16
Eastern Towhee  4
Northern Cardinal  14
Red-winged Blackbird  523
Eastern Meadowlark  2
Rusty Blackbird  29
Common Grackle  122
Brown-headed Cowbird  189
Purple Finch  2
American Goldfinch  26

John Pogacnik

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