I drove out to Mill Creek Lake in Amherst County this morning to try to
find a reported white winged scoter. I found the bird in with a group of
ruddy ducks far out in the lake. There were also three or four pairs of
common mergansers, 5 black ducks, 2 green winged teal and 2 gadwall. Scope
essential to see anything.
After I left Mill Creek in gusty wind I checked out Thrasher's and
Stonehouse lakes (almost nothing) and a couple of small ponds along the way.
List of sightings below.
Canada geese 50+
Mallards 25+
white winged scoter (male) 1
long tailed duck 1
ruddy ducks 15
common mergansers 6
black ducks 5
green winged tea 2
gadwall 2
bald eagle 1
red shouldered hawk 1
hooded mergansers 5
bufflehead 5
pied billed grebe 1
chipping sparrow 2
song sparrow 3
flicker 1
piliated wp 1
