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. 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