Avalon Seawatch November 29, 2010

A very nice day at the seawatch today! Northern Gannets (1,433) and Red-throated Loons (2,841) put in another good showing, and scoters were moving in numbers.

There were a bunch of highlights today. An impressive number of White-winged Scoters (424) went by, 31 Common Eiders, and 7 Horned Grebes. A Red-necked Grebe flew past in the late morning, and a Razorbill went by (right down the bar!) in the day's final hour.

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

13,733 migrants today.

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/29/10
Number of species: 40

Brant 9
Wood Duck 1
American Wigeon 4
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 3
Greater Scaup 1
Common Eider 31
Surf Scoter 3098
White-winged Scoter 424
Black Scoter 5147
Surf/Black Scoter 50
Long-tailed Duck 10
Red-breasted Merganser 38
Red-throated Loon 2841
Common Loon 6
Horned Grebe 7
Red-necked Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 2841
Double-crested Cormorant 38
Turkey Vulture 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 17
American Oystercatcher 1
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 200
Purple Sandpiper 12
Dunlin 10
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 127
Herring Gull 9
Great Black-backed Gull X
Razorbill 1
Rock Pigeon 20
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 50
Song Sparrow 1
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 20

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