There were a lot of birds moving today.  Not as many as yesterday, but I
didn't have all that much time yesterday to do a complete count.  Birds of
note were four jaegers, 1 long-tailed, 1 parasitic, and two unidentified.
The long-tailed went by fairly early (between 8:30-9:00).  It was an
immature light phase bird.  It was heading east.  The parasitic was a dark
phase immature and was also heading east.  The two unidentified birds were
very distant and were both dark phase.  Both were heading west.  One
appeared big like it may have been a pomarine, but it was too far out to see
anything.



Also of note was an immature Sabine's gull and two adult Little gulls.  Also
of note were all three scoters.



Today was good, but there were more birds moving.  Viewing was a little
tougher with the steady rain at times.  Yesterday I had two Sabine's gulls,
both immatures, and a red phalarope.  I also had a couple surf and
white-winged scoters.



I will only be doing a small number of counts this season as I am moving.
I'm not moving too far away, but I'll no longer be along the lake.  I have
lake access not far away, but I won't be getting out as much.  I'll miss
being able to watch from the house.



Lakeshore Waterbird Survey

Lakeshore Reservation, North Perry, Lake County

October 22, 2016, 0740-1100

Weather- cloudy with occasional drizzle, Winds- NW 20-30

Temperature- 47-48, Barometer- 29.92-29.94

Humidity- 71-63, Dew point- 42-43

Waves- 6-8 feet, Flight direction- east, cormorants and a few ducks west



Gadwall   7

American wigeon   3

American black duck   16

Mallard   64

Northern pintail   34

Green-winged teal   32

Lesser scaup   26

SURF SCOTER   17

WHITE-WINGED SCOTER   1

BLACK SCOTER   7

Bufflehead   2

Hooded merganser   5

Red-breasted merganser   242

Ruddy duck   16

Common loon   9

Double-crested cormorant   395

Dunlin   16

PARASITIC JAEGER   1 imm. dark

LONG-TAILED JAEGER   1 imm. Light

JAEGER spp.  2 dark

SABINE'S GULL 1 imm.

LITTLE GULL   2 ad.

Bonaparte's gull   1291

Ring-billed gull 188

Herring gull   31

Great black-backed gull   1



John Pogacnik






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