Tue 6 Apr 2010
Surf Scoter at Rock Cut SP
Posted by Dan Williams under Bird Sightings , Rock Cut State Park[2] Comments
A male Surf Scoter was on Pierce Lake at Rock Cut State Park at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. Also present were 200+ Ruddy Ducks, 17 Red-breasted Mergansers, 4 Horned Grebes (1 still in molt), 1 Common Loon was calling (!), 15 Pied-billed Grebes, 12 Blue-winged Teal, about the same # of N. Shovelers, some L. Scaup, Buffleheads, Ring-necked Ducks and GW Teal. An Osprey was flying over the lake. Didn’t have time to do a thorough count or look in different inlets, so other species and higher numbers might be about
April 7th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
Still present at 5:20 p.m. today (4/7). Also on the lake were Barn Swallows. A Great Egret flew over the Latham/Own Center Road intersection at 5:45 p.m.
April 8th, 2010 at 9:28 am
Thank you for posting this information! It helped me FINALLY conquer my arch-nemesis bird – Red-Breasted Merganser. Got the Common Loon as well – don’t see them all that often, and it was right on the shoreline where I was parked when I saw it…