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Friday, December 16, 2011
Avalon Seawatch - December 16, 2011
posted by Tom Reed | 10:26 PM
A strong early morning push of Red-throated Loons quickly faded to a steady trickle, but was enough to encompass a large majority of today's flight past Avalon. The day's highlight was the Common Tern that flew past with two Forster's Terns shortly after noon. This is likely one of the latest ever recorded in New Jersey, though perhaps it isn't a total shock given that inshore water temperatures are still near 50 degrees!
Other headliners included six more Razorbills (and two more alcids too distant to ID), two Black-legged Kittiwakes, and a Red-necked Grebe just before dusk. All of these also make for great "count week" birds for this Sunday's Cape May Christmas Bird Count, and hopefully we'll snag a few on the count day itself.
Snow Goose - 34
Canada Goose - 2
American Black Duck - 4
Surf Scoter - 97
Black Scoter - 83
dark-winged scoter - 133
scoter, sp. - 17
Long-tailed Duck - 26
Red-breasted Merganser - 30
Red-throated Loon - 2,325
Red-necked Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 358
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Laughing Gull - 2
Bonaparte's Gull - 37
Ring-billed Gull - 75
Herring Gull - 3
Black-legged Kittiwake - 2
Common Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 9
Razorbill - 6
large alcid, sp. - 2
(Total = 3,257)
Other headliners included six more Razorbills (and two more alcids too distant to ID), two Black-legged Kittiwakes, and a Red-necked Grebe just before dusk. All of these also make for great "count week" birds for this Sunday's Cape May Christmas Bird Count, and hopefully we'll snag a few on the count day itself.
Snow Goose - 34
Canada Goose - 2
American Black Duck - 4
Surf Scoter - 97
Black Scoter - 83
dark-winged scoter - 133
scoter, sp. - 17
Long-tailed Duck - 26
Red-breasted Merganser - 30
Red-throated Loon - 2,325
Red-necked Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 358
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Laughing Gull - 2
Bonaparte's Gull - 37
Ring-billed Gull - 75
Herring Gull - 3
Black-legged Kittiwake - 2
Common Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 9
Razorbill - 6
large alcid, sp. - 2
(Total = 3,257)
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