Sea Watch Count 12/20/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 73
Common Loon - 6
Horned Grebe - 2
Northern Gannet - 103
Great Cormorant - 1
American Black Duck - 7
Mallard - 1
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 39
Black Scoter - 174
Surf Scoter - 101
White-winged Scoter - 21
dark-winged scoter - 46
Red-breasted Merganser - 14
Bonaparte's Gull - 11
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 5
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
American Oystercatcher - 4
Redhead - 2

TOTAL - 624

Sea Watch Count 12/19/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 170
Common Loon - 2
Northern Gannet - 89
Great Cormorant - 2
Brant - 2
Canada Goose - 12
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 10
Greater Scaup - 2
Common Eider - 3
Long-tailed Duck - 13
Black Scoter - 38
Surf Scoter - 72
White-winged Scoter - 65
dark-winged scoter - 5
Red-breasted Merganser - 40
Laughing Gull - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 39
Ring-billed Gull - 19
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Forster's Tern - 1

TOTAL - 601

Sea Watch Count 12/18/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 112
Common Loon - 11
Northern Gannet - 26
Canada Goose - 760
Tundra Swan - 1
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 7
Greater Scaup - 11
Lesser Scaup - 19
Common Eider - 6
Long-tailed Duck - 26
Black Scoter - 171
Surf Scoter - 153
White-winged Scoter - 1
dark-winged scoter - 22
unidentified scoter - 270
Bufflehead - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Bonaparte's Gull - 34
Ring-billed Gull - 38
Herring Gull - 34
Great Black-backed Gull - 18

TOTAL - 1734

Sea Watch Count 12/17/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 509
Common Loon - 22
Horned Grebe - 2
Northern Gannet - 61
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 23
Brant - 13
Canada Goose - 876
Tundra Swan - 5
American Black Duck - 21
Mallard - 13
Greater Scaup - 6
Lesser Scaup - 30
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 47
Black Scoter - 35
Surf Scoter - 28
White-winged Scoter - 17
dark-winged scoter - 142
Common Goldeneye - 4
Red-breasted Merganser - 10
Laughing Gull - 2
Bonaparte's Gull - 145
Ring-billed Gull - 111
Herring Gull - 44
Great Black-backed Gull - 11
Mute Swan - 3

TOTAL - 2183

Sea Watch Count 12/16/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 11
Northern Gannet - 9
Canada Goose - 46
American Black Duck - 8
Green-winged Teal - 1
Lesser Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 4
Long-tailed Duck - 19
Black Scoter - 194
Surf Scoter - 276
White-winged Scoter - 13
unidentified scoter - 82
Red-breasted Merganser - 35
Ring-billed Gull - 24
Herring Gull - 31

TOTAL - 754

Sea Watch Count 12/15/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 530
Common Loon - 2
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 852
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 20
Brant - 233
Canada Goose - 110
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 16
Green-winged Teal - 1
Greater Scaup - 38
Lesser Scaup - 17
Long-tailed Duck - 294
Black Scoter - 2212
Surf Scoter - 259
White-winged Scoter - 38
unidentified scoter - 32
Common Goldeneye - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 75
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 282
Herring Gull - 304
Iceland Gull - 1

TOTAL - 5616

Sea Watch Count 12/14/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 891
Common Loon - 7
Horned Grebe - 3
Northern Gannet - 623
Double-crested Cormorant - 116
Brant - 2
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 5
Green-winged Teal - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Greater Scaup - 54
Lesser Scaup - 16
Long-tailed Duck - 58
Black Scoter - 354
Surf Scoter - 172
White-winged Scoter - 55
unidentified scoter - 18
Bufflehead - 8
Red-breasted Merganser - 18
Laughing Gull - 9
Bonaparte's Gull - 37
Ring-billed Gull - 48
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Razorbill - 1
Pacific Loon - 1

TOTAL - 2527

2007 Interpretive Naturalists & Seasonal Counters

Thank you all for such a great season at the Point!

The 2007 Seasonal Research Team-
From Top Left to Right: Ken Behrens (Sea Bird Counter), Anna Harris (Hawk Watch Interpretive Naturalist).

From Middle Left to Right: Sam Galick (Morning Flight Counter), Jessie Barry (Hawk Counter), Brad Smith (Monarch Intern), Jessica Western (Hawk Watch Interpretive Naturalist).

From Bottom Left to Right: Chris Brown (Swing Counter), Hilary Cresko (Sea Watch Interpretive Naturalist), Glen Davis (Morning Flight Interpretive Naturalist).

The season is not over yet! Visit Ken Behrens and Chris Brown at the Avalon Sea Watch until December 22nd.

Sea Watch Count 12/13/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 579
Common Loon - 9
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 1934
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Wood Duck - 4
American Black Duck - 18
Mallard - 6
Green-winged Teal - 6
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Greater Scaup - 20
Lesser Scaup - 23
Long-tailed Duck - 125
Black Scoter - 653
Surf Scoter - 395
White-winged Scoter - 75
unidentified scoter - 141
Red-breasted Merganser - 101
Laughing Gull - 5
Bonaparte's Gull - 52
Ring-billed Gull - 127
Herring Gull - 121

TOTAL - 4401

Sea Watch Count 12/12/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 579
Northern Gannet - 2265
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Canada Goose - 49
American Wigeon - 10
Lesser Scaup - 2
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 25
Black Scoter - 31
Surf Scoter - 49
White-winged Scoter - 24
unidentified scoter - 6
Common Goldeneye - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 12
Bonaparte's Gull - 54
Ring-billed Gull - 114
Herring Gull - 48
American Oystercatcher - 2
King Eider - 1

TOTAL - 3285

Sea Watch Count 12/11/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 1705
Common Loon - 25
Northern Gannet - 4893
Double-crested Cormorant - 16
Great Blue Heron - 1
American Black Duck - 37
Greater Scaup - 28
Lesser Scaup - 6
Long-tailed Duck - 56
Black Scoter - 3189
Surf Scoter - 478
White-winged Scoter - 97
unidentified scoter - 220
Common Goldeneye - 2
Bufflehead - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 86
Laughing Gull - 10
Bonaparte's Gull - 51
Ring-billed Gull - 915
Herring Gull - 89
Great Black-backed Gull - 14

TOTAL - 11920

Sea Watch Count 12/10/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 762
Common Loon - 3
Northern Gannet - 1679
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 16
Greater Scaup - 5
Lesser Scaup - 62
Black Scoter - 133
Surf Scoter - 90
White-winged Scoter - 2
unidentified scoter - 450
Red-breasted Merganser - 48
Bonaparte's Gull - 103
Ring-billed Gull - 39
Herring Gull - 35
Great Black-backed Gull - 20

TOTAL - 3449

Sea Watch Count 12/9/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 462
Common Loon - 1
Northern Gannet - 277
Double-crested Cormorant - 24
American Black Duck - 1
Greater Scaup - 7
Common Eider - 4
Long-tailed Duck - 48
Black Scoter - 1241
Surf Scoter - 436
White-winged Scoter - 65
unidentified scoter - 106
Red-breasted Merganser - 34
Laughing Gull - 7
Bonaparte's Gull - 66
Ring-billed Gull - 111
Herring Gull - 27
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
American Oystercatcher - 2
Ruddy Duck - 1

TOTAL - 2921

Sea Watch Count 12/8/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 1173
Common Loon - 1
Northern Gannet - 1765
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 18
Brant - 13
Mallard - 2
Greater Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 32
Black Scoter - 230
Surf Scoter - 52
White-winged Scoter - 21
unidentified scoter - 40
Bufflehead - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 13
Laughing Gull - 4
Bonaparte's Gull - 161
Herring Gull - 42
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Razorbill - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 1

TOTAL - 3576

Sea Watch Count 12/7/07 NEW RECORD SET!

Today Ken set a new seasonal record for Northern Gannet. The historical record season total was 91951 which is now replaced with 99063 and counting...

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 906
Common Loon - 3
Horned Grebe - 10
Northern Gannet - 6720
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 60
Brant - 73
Canada Goose - 32
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 10
Green-winged Teal - 7
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Greater Scaup - 7
Lesser Scaup - 17
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 106
Black Scoter - 557
Surf Scoter - 259
White-winged Scoter - 58
unidentified scoter - 211
Common Goldeneye - 3
Bufflehead - 12
Red-breasted Merganser - 78
Laughing Gull - 3
Bonaparte's Gull - 55
Ring-billed Gull - 1089
Herring Gull - 288
Great Black-backed Gull - 18
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Northern Shoveler - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 1
MALL/ABDU Integrade - 1

TOTAL - 10591

Sea Watch Count 12/6/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 1082
Common Loon - 1
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 6344
Great Cormorant - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 172
Great Blue Heron - 20
Snow Goose - 20
Brant - 58
Canada Goose - 302
Wood Duck - 3
American Black Duck - 46
Lesser Scaup - 4
Common Eider - 3
Long-tailed Duck - 78
Black Scoter - 869
Surf Scoter - 176
unidentified Scoter - 31
Bufflehead - 5
Red-breasted Merganser - 36
Laughing Gull - 4
Bonaparte's Gull - 298
Ring-billed Gull - 2328
Herring Gull - 345
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Canvasback - 2

TOTAL - 12444

Sea Watch Count 12/5/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 2476
Common Loon - 3
Horned Grebe - 25
Northern Gannet - 7685
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 128
Snow Goose - 121
Brant - 63
Canada Goose - 189
Wood Duck - 4
American Wigeon - 2
American Black Duck - 47
Mallard - 20
Northern Pintail - 3
Green-winged Teal - 9
Greater Scaup - 25
Lesser Scaup - 15
scaup, sp. - 11
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 158
Black Scoter - 246
Surf Scoter - 98
White-winged Scoter - 9
dark-winged scoter - 396
Common Goldeneye - 5
Bufflehead - 8
Hooded Merganser - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 19
Laughing Gull - 18
Bonaparte's Gull - 645
Ring-billed Gull - 1190
Herring Gull - 83
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Aythya, sp. - 5
duck, sp. - 12
Common Merganser - 1

TOTAL - 13731

Sea Watch Count 12/4/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 1606
Common Loon - 7
Northern Gannet - 1222
Double-crested Cormorant - 406
Canada Goose - 400
Tundra Swan - 14
American Wigeon - 1
American Black Duck - 182
Mallard - 14
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Greater Scaup - 65
Lesser Scaup - 33
Long-tailed Duck - 68
Black Scoter - 67
Surf Scoter - 63
White-winged Scoter - 9
dark-winged scoter - 5
Common Goldeneye - 2
Bufflehead - 12
Hooded Merganser - 6
Red-breasted Merganser - 14
Laughing Gull - 30
Bonaparte's Gull - 159
Ring-billed Gull - 115
Herring Gull - 48

TOTAL - 4550

Sea Watch Count 12/3/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 752
Common Loon - 7
Northern Gannet - 388
Double-crested Cormorant - 109
Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 3
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 251
Mallard - 79
Northern Pintail - 1
Green-winged Teal - 5
Greater Scaup - 12
Lesser Scaup - 17
Long-tailed Duck - 7
Black Scoter - 309
Surf Scoter - 315
White-winged Scoter - 36
dark-winged scoter - 306
Common Goldeneye - 6
Bufflehead - 4
Hooded Merganser - 4
Red-breasted Merganser - 10
Laughing Gull - 3
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 43
Herring Gull - 12
Great Black-backed Gull - 6

TOTAL - 2688

Sea Watch Count 12/2/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 1334
Common Loon - 12
Horned Grebe - 16
Northern Gannet - 4900
Brant - 61
Canada Goose - 10
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 208
Mallard - 35
Green-winged Teal - 82
Greater Scaup - 106
Lesser Scaup - 206
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 87
Black Scoter - 1187
Surf Scoter - 2727
White-winged Scoter - 74
unidentified scoter - 719
Common Goldeneye - 7
Bufflehead - 44
Hooded Merganser - 19
Red-breasted Merganser - 233
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 466
Bonaparte's Gull - 1174
Ring-billed Gull - 633
Herring Gull - 54
Great Black-backed Gull - 10
Brown Pelican - 1
Aythya, p. - 19
American Oyestercatcher - 15
King Eider - 1

TOTAL - 14444

Sea Watch Count 12/1/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 2747
Common Loon - 23
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 2515
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 661
Great Blue Heron - 11
Great Egret - 4
Snow Goose - 4893
Brant - 64
Canada Goose - 157
Wood Duck - 12
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 3
American Black Duck - 52
Mallard - 25
Northern Pintail - 1
Greater Scaup - 31
Lesser Scaup - 37
Long-tailed Duck - 118
Black Scoter - 45
Surf Scoter - 145
White-winged Scoter - 10
dark-winged scoter - 100
Bufflehead - 28
Hooded Merganser - 12
Red-breasted Merganser - 19
Laughing Gull - 7
Ring-billed Gull - 309
Herring Gull - 148
Great Black-backed Gull - 21

TOTAL - 12203