Avalon Seawatch November 22, 2010

Today was a decent day at the seawatch. It started off strong, with a bit of an early aftershock of Red-throated Loons and Northern Gannets after yesterday's big movement. Over 1100 of each were counted in the first hour, but it slowed from there.

Today's highlights included an immature Iceland Gull, 17 Gadwall, 64 White-winged Scoters, and 1 Parasitic Jaeger.

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

9,705 migrants today.

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/22/10
Number of species: 38

Gadwall 17
American Black Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 234
Ring-necked Duck 3
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup 22
Common Eider 5
Surf Scoter 1628
White-winged Scoter 64
Black Scoter 1650
Surf/Black Scoter 40
Long-tailed Duck 2
Red-breasted Merganser 85
Red-throated Loon 2834
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 2886
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Turkey Vulture 4
Sanderling 10
Purple Sandpiper 7
Dunlin 70
Bonaparte's Gull 26
Laughing Gull 92
Ring-billed Gull 77
Herring Gull 14
Iceland Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Royal Tern 2
Parasitic Jaeger 1
Rock Pigeon 30
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 100
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 5
Pine Siskin 1
House Sparrow 20

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