Avalon Seawatch - October 18, 2011

Tuesday was yet another nice day at Avalon. However, there weren't a ton of birds on the move for the most part. The scoter drought continued for a sixth day, though I did see 3 White-winged Scoters moving north during the afternoon. The day's highlight was undoubtedly the American Coot that flew in and landed near the 8th Street jetty shortly after noon. A tally of 100 Great Blue Herons was nice, and Brown Pelicans put in their strongest showing of the season (45).

Totals:
Canada Goose - 10
Wood Duck - 21
Gadwall - 5
American Black Duck - 10
Northern Pintail - 4
Green-winged Teal - 13
Lesser Scaup - 5
scaup, sp. - 9
aythya, sp. - 1
Surf Scoter - 70
Black Scoter - 41
dark-winged scoter - 14
Red-throated Loon - 2
Common Loon - 39
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 36
Brown Pelican - 45
Double-crested Cormorant - 1,866
Great Blue Heron - 100
Great Egret - 19
American Coot - 1 (ninth seawatch record)
Laughing Gull - 708
Ring-billed Gull - 17
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 12
Forster's Tern - 11
Royal Tern - 2

(Total = 3,079)

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