It was a windy and cold day at the seawatch today, and again there weren't too many birds moving.
The bird of the day was a Razorbill that winged by going south fairly close. Other highlights were the local birds today: a young Great Cormorant and the male Harlequin Duck were among the usual throngs of scoters, Long-tailed Ducks, and Common Eiders.
An eBird list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
1,014 migrants today.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 12/13/10
Number of species: 35
Brant 2
Canada Goose 8
American Black Duck 45
Mallard 11
Northern Pintail 20
Lesser Scaup 1
Common Eider 1
Harlequin Duck 1
Surf Scoter 97
White-winged Scoter 3
Black Scoter 18
Surf/Black Scoter 27
Long-tailed Duck 25
Bufflehead 1
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 25
Red-throated Loon 317
Common Loon 12
Horned Grebe 2
Northern Gannet 91
Great Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 2
Purple Sandpiper 30
Dunlin 20
Bonaparte's Gull 251
Ring-billed Gull 17
Herring Gull 9
Razorbill 1
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 50
Dark-eyed Junco 3
House Sparrow 10
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