It was a big day, if not the big day at the Seawatch. Over 70,000 birds poured past the north end of Avalon, including about 62,000 scoters. In fact it was a daylong scoter fest, highlighted by a single hour that featured over 10,000 birds. Other notables included decent showings from Northern Gannet and Red-throated Loon, and a fine flock of 13 American Golden-Plovers that passed by late in the afternoon.
Special thanks go to Gail Dwyer, Tom Johnson, Doug Gochfeld, Cameron Cox, Richard Crossley and Sam Galick for stopping by during the day to help count, bring food, or otherwise offer support. Double-special thanks go to Tony Leukering, who was present for most of the day and assisted in counting several species throughout.
Tomorrow's forecast calls for nor'easter-like conditions, with heavy rain and winds gusting to 45-50mph at times. It'll be an interesting day to watch the sea; wish me luck.
Brant - 487
Canada Goose - 6
Wood Duck - 28
Gadwall - 1
American Wigeon - 5
American Black Duck - 34
Mallard - 12
Northern Shoveler - 2
Northern Pintail - 28
Green-winged Teal - 304
Ring-necked Duck - 9
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 10
scaup, sp. - 1
Surf Scoter - 19,405
White-winged Scoter - 18
Black Scoter - 21,710
dark-winged scoter - 14,727
scoter, sp. - 5,510
Long-tailed Duck - 2
Hooded Merganser - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 19
Red-throated Loon - 260
Common Loon - 50
Northern Gannet - 1,661
Double-crested Cormorant - 8,229
Great Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 5
Great Egret - 2
Laughing Gull - 47
Common Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 51
Royal Tern - 29
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
(Total = 72,679)
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