Pintail parade

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