Scoters, Grebes, Long-taileds, Etc.

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Carolyn Weng, Kathryn Mork and I counted birds from 7:30-9:30 this morning as part of Chip Francke's Shoreline Survey. Almost all the birds counted were near the breakwall or within several hundred yards of it.

- Ric

Location:    Pere Marquette Park
Observation date:    3/26/11
Number of species:    15

Canada Goose    2
Mallard    10
Redhead    11
Greater Scaup    1
White-winged Scoter    10
Black Scoter    3
Long-tailed Duck    13
Bufflehead    3
Common Goldeneye    11
Common Merganser    9
Red-breasted Merganser    8
Ruddy Duck    1
Horned Grebe    5
gull sp.    24
American Crow    1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)
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NOTICE: Original post had 1 Eared Grebe; reconsideration changed that to a 5th Horned Grebe.  - Ric
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