The rainy weather made perfect conditions for some waterfowling here in Center County today, so around 9:45am Anna Fasoli and I headed to Bald Eagle State Park. We were instantly greeted by 14 Tundra Swans, and the largest raft of waterfowl I have seen at BESP. We were able to find 12 species of waterfowl at BESP. All of the photos from today all taken by Anna Fasoli who was birding with me; visit her blog at: http://annafasoli.blogspot.com/
Tundra Swans
odd Canada Goose
Bonaparte's Gull
Greater Scaup
Ruddy Ducks
Horned Grebe
Bald Eagle
Waterbirds Seen:
Canada Goose 106
Tundra Swan 141
Canvasback 5
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 10
Black Scoter 4
Long-tailed Duck 14
Bufflehead 119
Common Merganser (North American) 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 90
Common Loon 2
Horned Grebe 7
Tundra Swan 141
Canvasback 5
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 10
Black Scoter 4
Long-tailed Duck 14
Bufflehead 119
Common Merganser (North American) 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 90
Common Loon 2
Horned Grebe 7
Next stop was Colyer Lake where we found 2 White-winged Scoters, and lots of other waterfowl including the following:
Mallard 7
Canvasback 6
Lesser Scaup 5
White-winged Scoter 2
Bufflehead 6
Red-breasted Merganser 8
Ruddy Duck 18
Pied-billed Grebe 7
White-winged Scoter, Canvasbacks, and Long-tailed Ducks
White-winged Scoter, Canvasbacks, and Long-tailed Ducks
I added 6 species to my Centre County list today, bringing the total up to 175.