Avalon Seawatch - October 31, 2011

Halloween brought a treat of a flight to the Seawatch. Dabbling ducks came through in good numbers during the morning, while a close-to-shore scoter flight during the afternoon was a highlight for the several visitors who lucked into seeing the spectacle. Other goodies included a Cackling Goose that was traveling south with a mixed flock of ducks, a mid-morning Tricolored Heron that was migrating low over the ocean, and a rather high tally of 21 Ruddy Ducks.

Brant - 35
Canada Goose - 1
Cackling Goose - 1
Wood Duck - 136
American Wigeon - 5
American Black Duck - 233
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Northern Shoveler - 4
Northern Pintail - 47
Green-winged Teal - 783
Ring-necked Duck - 34
Greater Scaup - 62
Lesser Scaup - 17
scaup, sp. - 10
Common Eider - 7
Surf Scoter - 7,343
White-winged Scoter - 16
Black Scoter - 8,745
dark-winged scoter - 781
scoter, sp. - 18
Long-tailed Duck - 2
Hooded Merganser - 3
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Ruddy Duck - 21
Red-throated Loon - 331
Common Loon - 102
Horned Grebe - 10
Northern Gannet - 504
Brown Pelican - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 5,546
Great Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 21
Tricolored Heron - 1
Laughing Gull - 83
Bonaparte's Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 32
Forster's Tern - 42
Royal Tern - 29

(Total = 25,016)

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