I spent a couple hours watching the lake at Lake Erie Bluffs Metropark in Lake County.  It was overcast and windy with a northwest wind.  There was a generally a slow movement of birds with most moving fairly early.  By 8:45, things slowed down considerably.  Of note was a single brant flying with a small group of mallards.  An early morning red-throated loon was observed flying low over the water heading west.   Single white-winged and surf scoters were both flying with groups of red-breasted mergansers.


BRANT   1

Gadwall   6

Mallard    27

American black duck    2

Lesser scaup   2

SURF SCOTER   1

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   1

Red-breasted merganser   884

Common loon   12

RED-THROATED LOON   1

Double-crested cormorant   4

Bonaparte's gull 72

Ring-billed gull   622

Herring gull 38


Also of interest were a group of 11 bald eagles that were heading east in a loose group.  All were immatures.


John Pogacnik

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