Avalon Seawatch September 27, 2010

Quite slow today at the Avalon Seawatch, with a few bursts of excitement. The day started with fairly heavy rain showers that eventually cleared and, despite some menacing-looking clouds throughout the day, did not return. Talking to Doug this evening, there were Double-crested Cormorant lines moving down at the point. However, there were no cormorants moving up at Avalon. The most notable movement today was of Common Terns, which totaled 87 migrants. The excitement for the day was provided by a lone White-winged Scoter (first of the season), and a total of three Parasitic Jaegers. Two of the three jaegers were migrating together and chasing each other along with a Royal Tern.

A list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 9/27/10
Number of species: 27

White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 4
Northern Gannet 9
Brown Pelican 14
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Osprey X
Semipalmated Plover X
American Oystercatcher X
Ruddy Turnstone X
Sanderling X
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 74
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 19
Caspian Tern 17
Common Tern 87
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 36
Parasitic Jaeger 3
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Tree Swallow X
European Starling X
House Sparrow X

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