Wednesday had the highest count of Common Loons for a day this season so far. The winds have predominately been southerly lately though making for some slow days. Today came from the northeast for a while, and I noticed a good number of vultures and eagles flying south over McGulpin Point.
Counts of migrants are below.
9/11
Mallard – 2
Red-breasted Merganser – 12
duck sp. – 4
Common Loon – 5
Red-necked Grebe – 13
Double-crested Cormorant – 90
Bald Eagle – 1 (plus 3 resident, all adult)
peep sp. – 1
Ring-billed Gull – 18
Herring Gull – 1
Merlin – 1
9/12
American Black Duck – 1 (first of season)
Mallard – 4
Red-breasted Merganser – 4
Common Loon – 28
Red-necked Grebe – 9
Double-crested Cormorant – 139
Ring-billed Gull – 17
American Kestrel – 1
Peregrine Falcon – 1
Monarch Butterfly – 1
9/13
Common Merganser – 2
Red-breasted Merganser – 4
Common Loon – 5
Double-crested Cormorant – 78
Turkey Vulture – 25
Bald Eagle – 8