Avalon Seawatch November 20, 2010

It was a really great day today at the seawatch! A total of 17,693 migrants were counted, with nice diversity and big numbers of a few species.

Scoters put in a good show, with Black Scoters (5211) dominating. Today was a great day for both Red-throated Loons (3871) and Northern Gannets (3123), as both were streaming by for most of the day. Lots of gannets were also feeding throughout the day.

Other highlights included a flock of 34 Tundra Swans with 2 Snow Geese that was later seen from the hawkwatch (81 Tundra Swans were counted total today), 10 Ring-necked Ducks, 14 Common Eider, 47 White-winged Scoters, 3 Common Goldeneye, 16 Hooded Mergansers, and 7 Ruddy Ducks.

Non-waterbird highlight of the day was 3 Cave Swallows!

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

17,693 migrants today.

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/20/10
Number of species: 53

Snow Goose 2
Canada Goose 4
Tundra Swan 81
Wood Duck 53
American Black Duck 54
Mallard 11
Northern Pintail 18
Green-winged Teal 360
Ring-necked Duck 10
Greater Scaup 49
Lesser Scaup 30
Common Eider 14
Surf Scoter 2960
White-winged Scoter 47
Black Scoter 5211
Surf/Black Scoter 100
Long-tailed Duck 5
Bufflehead 75
Common Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 16
Red-breasted Merganser 209
Ruddy Duck 7
Red-throated Loon 3871
Common Loon 13
Horned Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 3123
Double-crested Cormorant 23
Great Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 12
Bald Eagle 1
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 1
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 10
Purple Sandpiper 4
Dunlin 30
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Laughing Gull 33
Ring-billed Gull 56
Herring Gull 46
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 3
Cave Swallow 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 15

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