Yesterday Ron Payne and I birded at McCuen Slang, in front of one of the 
campgrounds between it and the Champlain Bridge, and at the Bridge.

An object of the visit was to determine the species counts of scaup in 
the vicinity of the bridge. Viewing conditions were excellent, but the 
bulk of the scaup kept moving about and stayed too distant for 
distinguishing the species with enough certainty to create a species 
count. A small number of birds were close enough in two separate small 
groups to easily count. One group had approximately 60 Greater Scaup and 
the other group approximately 70 Lesser Scaup.

The three sites together constitute the collection of lake birds in the 
vicinity of the bridge.  All in all we tallied 6537 ducks and geese, 703 
gulls, and 13 Bald Eagles.

Waterfowl:

Greater/Lesser Scaup     4380
Canada Goose    968
Common Merganser     796
Common Goldeneye    165
Lesser Scaup     78
Greater Scaup     68
American Black Duck     26
Mallard     23
Ring-necked Duck     17
Bufflehead     11
Hooded Mergaser     3
Redhead     2

Gulls and eagles:

Ring-billed Gull     646
Herring Gull     51
Great Black-backed Gull     7

Bald Eagle 13
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The checklists are at:
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34889205
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34889299
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S34889020

Ian