Week 6 (28-Nov-2020)

 After the storm on the 15th of November, the majority of Lakeshore Road is closed. I had to cut down the count from 31 to 15 count spots for this week and all the following weeks until roads are repaired. 

This was a slow week by far, even though we finally eclipsed 20,000 individuals. Nothing super notable going on except the sheer lack of birds! Major drops were seen all over the board with Common Loon being 0 and Bufflehead being 9. The western part of the count area between RR55 and Selkirk Provincial Park has been hunted consistently over the last few weeks and this has majorly dropped my numbers and impacted the study. My guess is they're all flocking east to the area currently closed. This is by far not a good sign but it is the way things are, for the time being. Hopefully, the lakeshore opens back up next week and we can get the counts back up to the 3000-4000 range again. 

Here is where I stand for the week and the total count season:

Week	Week 6 (29-Nov)	Total Seen
American Black Duck	0	1
Bonaparte's Gull	178	1644
Bufflehead	9	660
Canada Goose	431	3966
Common Goldeneye	44	459
Common Loon	0	125
Common Merganser	4	320
Double-crested Cormorant	0	192
Gadwall	0	5
Great Black-backed Gull	0	3
Greater Scaup	25	1683
Herring Gull	2	31
Hooded Merganser	0	12
Horned Grebe	57	811
Long-tailed Duck	1	4
Mallard	26	163
Red-breasted Merganser	336	7065
Red-throated Loon	0	1
Trumpeter Swan	0	5
Tundra Swan	0	5
Redhead	72	2550
White-winged Scoter	0	15
Ring-billed Gull	35	770
Total Species	13	23
Total Individuals	1220	20490

I don't have any pictures for the week so I apologise!