I watched from the tower at the Clark Road side of the Lake Erie Bluffs. This 50' tower provides 360 degrees of viewing. There were again a lot of geese moving today, however they were all Canada geese with 809 birds counted. Some were heading north and others were heading east along the she shoreline. I also saw 26 swans. Blackbird numbers were a little lower and most were moving well inland away from the immediate lakeshore. There were a lot of crows with over 400 birds counted. Also of note was an adult Iceland gull, an eastern phoebe, and 5 American pipits.


Lake Erie Bluffs- Clark Road, Lake, Ohio, US
Feb 23, 2017 7:10 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Stationary on tower.  Winds were gusty SW and turned west around 9:30.
26 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  809
Tundra Swan  26
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  12
Greater/Lesser Scaup  8
Hooded Merganser  3
Red-breasted Merganser  748
Bald Eagle  3
Killdeer  1
Ring-billed Gull  480
Herring Gull  225
Iceland Gull  1     adult
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Mourning Dove  7
Merlin  1
American Crow  420
American Robin  115
European Starling  92
American Pipit  5
Cedar Waxwing  4
American Tree Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  11
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  620
Eastern Meadowlark  1
Common Grackle  110
Brown-headed Cowbird  35
blackbird sp.  1400


John Pogacnik

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