Sea Watch Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Today was a goregous day with a good wind from the WNW, but visibility was hampered due to heat waves, and so I did not see as many Gannets as I thought I would today.

We had the strongest turn out of the season so far for Double-Crested Cormorants at 1,390 as well as Blue-winged Teal at 19. And being counted for the first time this year we had both Great and Snowy Egrets at 11 and 13 respectively.

Here is a list of what was seen today.

Location: Avalon Sea Watch
Observation date: 9/30/09
Number of species: 14
Brant 18
Blue-winged Teal 19
Northern Pintail 9S
urf Scoter 12
Black Scoter 6
Dark-winged Scoter 1
Northern Gannet 6
Brown Pelican 22
Double-crested Cormorant 1390
Great Blue Heron 43
Great Egret 11
Snowy Egret 13
American Oystercatcher 44
Laughing Gull 8
Common Tern 2

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