Condo Birding Update

Oct 26th -

2 Tundra Swans
1 Common Goldeneye

(both my FoF)



Oct 27th - some duck guesses on calmer water


Greater Scaup 200
Surf Scoter 1000
White-winged Scoter 7500
Black Scoter 60
Long-tailed Duck 5000
Bufflehead 2 - FoF
Common Goldeneye 4
Red-breasted Merganser 150



Oct 28th - no Cave Swallows on SW winds....

Canada Goose 25
Bufflehead 15
Red-breasted Merganser 300
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) X - first albino bird in a while
Mourning Dove X
Peregrine Falcon 1 - adult male
falcon sp. 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 1
Horned Lark 2
American Robin 1
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 40
Pine Warbler 1    -   flyby at height - photo'd
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 12
Pine Siskin 30
American Goldfinch 50
House Sparrow X

--- Many of these things were moving along the lake on SW winds. Couldn't turn up any real rarities though!

Oct 31st - home late from work (after 5pm) - but still goodies out there to be seen!

American Black Duck 3
Mallard 2
Green-winged Teal 20
Greater Scaup 400
Surf Scoter 1200
White-winged Scoter 2500
Black Scoter 150
Long-tailed Duck 2500
Common Goldeneye 50
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 - juvie type garb



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It's neat watching the duck numbers go up... Thought i'd post this lot and get it out of the way, before we get a serious blast of NE winds tomorrow morning (which will hopefully be worthy of its own post!)