Avalon Seawatch October 22, 2010

It was a steady day of migration at the seawatch today. Not huge numbers, but enough activity all day long to keep things interesting. Nice numbers of Northern Pintail (194), Common (36) and Red-throated (51) Loons, Northern Gannets (758), and Double-crested Cormorants (5345).

Highlights included 4 Black-crowned Night Herons, a single White-winged Scoter, a single Common Eider going north, and 5 Brown Pelicans.

On the songbird front, a Purple Finch and Pine Siskin flew over, along with an American Pipit. An Eastern Phoebe was the lastest species to be added to the "sitting on the seawall" list.

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

9,350 migrants today.

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 10/22/10
Number of species: 58

Brant 126
Canada Goose 11
Wood Duck 66
American Black Duck 41
Mallard 2
Northern Shoveler 1
Northern Pintail 194
Green-winged Teal 124
Greater Scaup 2
Lesser Scaup 3
Common Eider 1 going north
Surf Scoter 802
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 1032
Surf/Black Scoter 340
Red-throated Loon 51
Common Loon 36
Northern Gannet 758
Brown Pelican 5
Double-crested Cormorant 5345
Great Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 3
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 8
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 3
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Black-bellied Plover 15
Semipalmated Plover 5
American Oystercatcher 10
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 15
Dunlin 30
Laughing Gull 80
Ring-billed Gull 32
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 234
Royal Tern 35
Rock Pigeon 25
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 30
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Palm Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Purple Finch 2
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 30

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