A rather slow day at the seawatch, but at least it was dry. There were several flocks of Common Terns moving, and Royal Terns made a mini push in the morning. That was about all she wrote in terms of numbers, although 4 Parasitic Jaegers (only 2 moving south) and a juvenile Little Blue Heron fighting into the strong SE wind were definitely interesting.
Non-waterbirds of interest were a flyover American Golden-Plover, and a lingering adult White-rumped Sandpiper still retaining a fair amount of breeding plumage for the date.
eBird list with migrating waterbirds in bold:
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 9/30/10
Notes: Overcast, strong ESE/SE winds
Number of species: 40
Canada Goose 20
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 28
Common Loon 1 Northbound
Northern Gannet 18
Brown Pelican 1 Northbound
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Egret 50
Snowy Egret 20
Little Blue Heron 2 Juvenile migrating, adult in Townsend's Inlet Heron
Roost.
Tricolored Heron 1
Osprey 4
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 6
Black-bellied Plover 6
American Golden-Plover 1 Flyover directly over the parking lot
Semipalmated Plover 8
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 40
Least Sandpiper 2
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 10
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull 36
Caspian Tern 25 Non-migrants
Common Tern 93
Forster's Tern 15
Royal Tern 110
Black Skimmer 1 Northbound
Parasitic Jaeger 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Tree Swallow 150
American Robin 3
European Starling X
Common Grackle X
Boat-tailed Grackle X
House Sparrow X
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