Sea Watch, Thursday December 10, 2009

Today was a rather blustery day with winds coming out of the West.

Today I had a good movement of Snow Geese, and I had some diversity of ducks moving as well, including Mallards, Black Ducks, Gadwall, Pintail, Green-winged Teal, and Greater and Lesser Scaup. The highlight birds of the day were a Parasitic Jaeger and Merlin.

Here is the break down of today's count:

Snow Geese 230
Canada Geese 14
Brant 14
Gadwall 9
American Black Duck 94
Northern Pintail 12
Green-winged Teal 12
Greater Scaup 13
Lesser Scaup 7
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 214
White-winged Scoter 7
Black Scoter 137
Long-tailed Duck 25
Red-breasted Merganser 19
Red-throated Loon 344
Common Loon 8
Northern Gannet 40
Great Blue Heron 2
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 132
Herring Gull 74
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Parasitic Jaeger 1
American Oystercatcher 1

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