Octorara Lake has been a great spot to see Northern Pintails this year. The last time I checked the area off of Mt Eden Rd, there were probably close to one thousand pintails feeding there. I was looking for a previously reported Eurasian Wigeon but struck out on that. Â Eurasian Wigeons have made quite a showing in PA this year, with sightings in at least Lancaster, Berks, Delaware counties.
Here is a list of the other birds I saw at Octorara Lake-
- Canada Goose – Branta canadensis   300
- Wood Duck – Aix sponsa   1
- American Wigeon – Anas americana   4
- American Black Duck – Anas rubripes   12
- Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos   30
- Northern Pintail – Anas acuta   900
- Ring-necked Duck – Aythya collaris   56
- Hooded Merganser – Lophodytes cucullatus   4
- Common Merganser – Mergus merganser   120
- Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias   1
- Black Vulture – Coragyps atratus   4
- Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura   8
- Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus   2
- Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis   1
- American Kestrel – Falco sparverius   1
- Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis   60
- Herring Gull – Larus argentatus   3
- Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura   2
- Belted Kingfisher – Megaceryle alcyon   1
- Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus   1
- Downy Woodpecker – Picoides pubescens   1
- Northern Flicker – Colaptes auratus   2
- Blue Jay – Cyanocitta cristata   4
- American Crow – Corvus brachyrhynchos   20
- Carolina Chickadee – Poecile carolinensis   3
- Tufted Titmouse – Baeolophus bicolor   2
- White-breasted Nuthatch – Sitta carolinensis   1
- Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus   3
- Winter Wren – Troglodytes troglodytes   2
- Golden-crowned Kinglet – Regulus satrapa   2
- Eastern Bluebird – Sialia sialis   2
- American Robin – Turdus migratorius   19
- Northern Mockingbird – Mimus polyglottos   1
- European Starling – Sturnus vulgaris   20
- Field Sparrow – Spizella pusilla   1
- Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia   8
- White-throated Sparrow – Zonotrichia albicollis   12
- Dark-eyed Junco – Junco hyemalis   80
- Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis   4
- Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus   120
- Common Grackle – Quiscalus quiscula   800
- House Finch – Carpodacus mexicanus   3
- Pine Siskin – Carduelis pinus   16
- American Goldfinch – Carduelis tristis   X