Sea Watch Count 12/20/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 73
Common Loon - 6
Horned Grebe - 2
Northern Gannet - 103
Great Cormorant - 1
American Black Duck - 7
Mallard - 1
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 39
Black Scoter - 174
Surf Scoter - 101
White-winged Scoter - 21
dark-winged scoter - 46
Red-breasted Merganser - 14
Bonaparte's Gull - 11
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 5
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
American Oystercatcher - 4
Redhead - 2

TOTAL - 624

Sea Watch Count 12/19/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 170
Common Loon - 2
Northern Gannet - 89
Great Cormorant - 2
Brant - 2
Canada Goose - 12
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 10
Greater Scaup - 2
Common Eider - 3
Long-tailed Duck - 13
Black Scoter - 38
Surf Scoter - 72
White-winged Scoter - 65
dark-winged scoter - 5
Red-breasted Merganser - 40
Laughing Gull - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 39
Ring-billed Gull - 19
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Forster's Tern - 1

TOTAL - 601

Sea Watch Count 12/18/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 112
Common Loon - 11
Northern Gannet - 26
Canada Goose - 760
Tundra Swan - 1
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 7
Greater Scaup - 11
Lesser Scaup - 19
Common Eider - 6
Long-tailed Duck - 26
Black Scoter - 171
Surf Scoter - 153
White-winged Scoter - 1
dark-winged scoter - 22
unidentified scoter - 270
Bufflehead - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Bonaparte's Gull - 34
Ring-billed Gull - 38
Herring Gull - 34
Great Black-backed Gull - 18

TOTAL - 1734

Sea Watch Count 12/17/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 509
Common Loon - 22
Horned Grebe - 2
Northern Gannet - 61
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 23
Brant - 13
Canada Goose - 876
Tundra Swan - 5
American Black Duck - 21
Mallard - 13
Greater Scaup - 6
Lesser Scaup - 30
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 47
Black Scoter - 35
Surf Scoter - 28
White-winged Scoter - 17
dark-winged scoter - 142
Common Goldeneye - 4
Red-breasted Merganser - 10
Laughing Gull - 2
Bonaparte's Gull - 145
Ring-billed Gull - 111
Herring Gull - 44
Great Black-backed Gull - 11
Mute Swan - 3

TOTAL - 2183

Sea Watch Count 12/16/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 11
Northern Gannet - 9
Canada Goose - 46
American Black Duck - 8
Green-winged Teal - 1
Lesser Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 4
Long-tailed Duck - 19
Black Scoter - 194
Surf Scoter - 276
White-winged Scoter - 13
unidentified scoter - 82
Red-breasted Merganser - 35
Ring-billed Gull - 24
Herring Gull - 31

TOTAL - 754

Sea Watch Count 12/15/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 530
Common Loon - 2
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 852
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 20
Brant - 233
Canada Goose - 110
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 16
Green-winged Teal - 1
Greater Scaup - 38
Lesser Scaup - 17
Long-tailed Duck - 294
Black Scoter - 2212
Surf Scoter - 259
White-winged Scoter - 38
unidentified scoter - 32
Common Goldeneye - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 75
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 282
Herring Gull - 304
Iceland Gull - 1

TOTAL - 5616

Sea Watch Count 12/14/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 891
Common Loon - 7
Horned Grebe - 3
Northern Gannet - 623
Double-crested Cormorant - 116
Brant - 2
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 5
Green-winged Teal - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Greater Scaup - 54
Lesser Scaup - 16
Long-tailed Duck - 58
Black Scoter - 354
Surf Scoter - 172
White-winged Scoter - 55
unidentified scoter - 18
Bufflehead - 8
Red-breasted Merganser - 18
Laughing Gull - 9
Bonaparte's Gull - 37
Ring-billed Gull - 48
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Razorbill - 1
Pacific Loon - 1

TOTAL - 2527

2007 Interpretive Naturalists & Seasonal Counters

Thank you all for such a great season at the Point!

The 2007 Seasonal Research Team-
From Top Left to Right: Ken Behrens (Sea Bird Counter), Anna Harris (Hawk Watch Interpretive Naturalist).

From Middle Left to Right: Sam Galick (Morning Flight Counter), Jessie Barry (Hawk Counter), Brad Smith (Monarch Intern), Jessica Western (Hawk Watch Interpretive Naturalist).

From Bottom Left to Right: Chris Brown (Swing Counter), Hilary Cresko (Sea Watch Interpretive Naturalist), Glen Davis (Morning Flight Interpretive Naturalist).

The season is not over yet! Visit Ken Behrens and Chris Brown at the Avalon Sea Watch until December 22nd.

Sea Watch Count 12/13/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 579
Common Loon - 9
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 1934
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Wood Duck - 4
American Black Duck - 18
Mallard - 6
Green-winged Teal - 6
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Greater Scaup - 20
Lesser Scaup - 23
Long-tailed Duck - 125
Black Scoter - 653
Surf Scoter - 395
White-winged Scoter - 75
unidentified scoter - 141
Red-breasted Merganser - 101
Laughing Gull - 5
Bonaparte's Gull - 52
Ring-billed Gull - 127
Herring Gull - 121

TOTAL - 4401

Sea Watch Count 12/12/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 579
Northern Gannet - 2265
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Canada Goose - 49
American Wigeon - 10
Lesser Scaup - 2
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 25
Black Scoter - 31
Surf Scoter - 49
White-winged Scoter - 24
unidentified scoter - 6
Common Goldeneye - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 12
Bonaparte's Gull - 54
Ring-billed Gull - 114
Herring Gull - 48
American Oystercatcher - 2
King Eider - 1

TOTAL - 3285

Sea Watch Count 12/11/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 1705
Common Loon - 25
Northern Gannet - 4893
Double-crested Cormorant - 16
Great Blue Heron - 1
American Black Duck - 37
Greater Scaup - 28
Lesser Scaup - 6
Long-tailed Duck - 56
Black Scoter - 3189
Surf Scoter - 478
White-winged Scoter - 97
unidentified scoter - 220
Common Goldeneye - 2
Bufflehead - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 86
Laughing Gull - 10
Bonaparte's Gull - 51
Ring-billed Gull - 915
Herring Gull - 89
Great Black-backed Gull - 14

TOTAL - 11920

Sea Watch Count 12/10/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 762
Common Loon - 3
Northern Gannet - 1679
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 16
Greater Scaup - 5
Lesser Scaup - 62
Black Scoter - 133
Surf Scoter - 90
White-winged Scoter - 2
unidentified scoter - 450
Red-breasted Merganser - 48
Bonaparte's Gull - 103
Ring-billed Gull - 39
Herring Gull - 35
Great Black-backed Gull - 20

TOTAL - 3449

Sea Watch Count 12/9/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 462
Common Loon - 1
Northern Gannet - 277
Double-crested Cormorant - 24
American Black Duck - 1
Greater Scaup - 7
Common Eider - 4
Long-tailed Duck - 48
Black Scoter - 1241
Surf Scoter - 436
White-winged Scoter - 65
unidentified scoter - 106
Red-breasted Merganser - 34
Laughing Gull - 7
Bonaparte's Gull - 66
Ring-billed Gull - 111
Herring Gull - 27
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
American Oystercatcher - 2
Ruddy Duck - 1

TOTAL - 2921

Sea Watch Count 12/8/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 1173
Common Loon - 1
Northern Gannet - 1765
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 18
Brant - 13
Mallard - 2
Greater Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 32
Black Scoter - 230
Surf Scoter - 52
White-winged Scoter - 21
unidentified scoter - 40
Bufflehead - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 13
Laughing Gull - 4
Bonaparte's Gull - 161
Herring Gull - 42
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Razorbill - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 1

TOTAL - 3576

Sea Watch Count 12/7/07 NEW RECORD SET!

Today Ken set a new seasonal record for Northern Gannet. The historical record season total was 91951 which is now replaced with 99063 and counting...

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 906
Common Loon - 3
Horned Grebe - 10
Northern Gannet - 6720
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 60
Brant - 73
Canada Goose - 32
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 10
Green-winged Teal - 7
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Greater Scaup - 7
Lesser Scaup - 17
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 106
Black Scoter - 557
Surf Scoter - 259
White-winged Scoter - 58
unidentified scoter - 211
Common Goldeneye - 3
Bufflehead - 12
Red-breasted Merganser - 78
Laughing Gull - 3
Bonaparte's Gull - 55
Ring-billed Gull - 1089
Herring Gull - 288
Great Black-backed Gull - 18
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Northern Shoveler - 1
Red-necked Grebe - 1
MALL/ABDU Integrade - 1

TOTAL - 10591

Sea Watch Count 12/6/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 1082
Common Loon - 1
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 6344
Great Cormorant - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 172
Great Blue Heron - 20
Snow Goose - 20
Brant - 58
Canada Goose - 302
Wood Duck - 3
American Black Duck - 46
Lesser Scaup - 4
Common Eider - 3
Long-tailed Duck - 78
Black Scoter - 869
Surf Scoter - 176
unidentified Scoter - 31
Bufflehead - 5
Red-breasted Merganser - 36
Laughing Gull - 4
Bonaparte's Gull - 298
Ring-billed Gull - 2328
Herring Gull - 345
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Canvasback - 2

TOTAL - 12444

Sea Watch Count 12/5/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 2476
Common Loon - 3
Horned Grebe - 25
Northern Gannet - 7685
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 128
Snow Goose - 121
Brant - 63
Canada Goose - 189
Wood Duck - 4
American Wigeon - 2
American Black Duck - 47
Mallard - 20
Northern Pintail - 3
Green-winged Teal - 9
Greater Scaup - 25
Lesser Scaup - 15
scaup, sp. - 11
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 158
Black Scoter - 246
Surf Scoter - 98
White-winged Scoter - 9
dark-winged scoter - 396
Common Goldeneye - 5
Bufflehead - 8
Hooded Merganser - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 19
Laughing Gull - 18
Bonaparte's Gull - 645
Ring-billed Gull - 1190
Herring Gull - 83
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Aythya, sp. - 5
duck, sp. - 12
Common Merganser - 1

TOTAL - 13731

Sea Watch Count 12/4/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 1606
Common Loon - 7
Northern Gannet - 1222
Double-crested Cormorant - 406
Canada Goose - 400
Tundra Swan - 14
American Wigeon - 1
American Black Duck - 182
Mallard - 14
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Greater Scaup - 65
Lesser Scaup - 33
Long-tailed Duck - 68
Black Scoter - 67
Surf Scoter - 63
White-winged Scoter - 9
dark-winged scoter - 5
Common Goldeneye - 2
Bufflehead - 12
Hooded Merganser - 6
Red-breasted Merganser - 14
Laughing Gull - 30
Bonaparte's Gull - 159
Ring-billed Gull - 115
Herring Gull - 48

TOTAL - 4550

Sea Watch Count 12/3/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 752
Common Loon - 7
Northern Gannet - 388
Double-crested Cormorant - 109
Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 3
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 251
Mallard - 79
Northern Pintail - 1
Green-winged Teal - 5
Greater Scaup - 12
Lesser Scaup - 17
Long-tailed Duck - 7
Black Scoter - 309
Surf Scoter - 315
White-winged Scoter - 36
dark-winged scoter - 306
Common Goldeneye - 6
Bufflehead - 4
Hooded Merganser - 4
Red-breasted Merganser - 10
Laughing Gull - 3
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 43
Herring Gull - 12
Great Black-backed Gull - 6

TOTAL - 2688

Sea Watch Count 12/2/07

Counter: Chris Brown

Red-throated Loon - 1334
Common Loon - 12
Horned Grebe - 16
Northern Gannet - 4900
Brant - 61
Canada Goose - 10
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 208
Mallard - 35
Green-winged Teal - 82
Greater Scaup - 106
Lesser Scaup - 206
Common Eider - 2
Long-tailed Duck - 87
Black Scoter - 1187
Surf Scoter - 2727
White-winged Scoter - 74
unidentified scoter - 719
Common Goldeneye - 7
Bufflehead - 44
Hooded Merganser - 19
Red-breasted Merganser - 233
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 466
Bonaparte's Gull - 1174
Ring-billed Gull - 633
Herring Gull - 54
Great Black-backed Gull - 10
Brown Pelican - 1
Aythya, p. - 19
American Oyestercatcher - 15
King Eider - 1

TOTAL - 14444

Sea Watch Count 12/1/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 2747
Common Loon - 23
Horned Grebe - 1
Northern Gannet - 2515
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 661
Great Blue Heron - 11
Great Egret - 4
Snow Goose - 4893
Brant - 64
Canada Goose - 157
Wood Duck - 12
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 3
American Black Duck - 52
Mallard - 25
Northern Pintail - 1
Greater Scaup - 31
Lesser Scaup - 37
Long-tailed Duck - 118
Black Scoter - 45
Surf Scoter - 145
White-winged Scoter - 10
dark-winged scoter - 100
Bufflehead - 28
Hooded Merganser - 12
Red-breasted Merganser - 19
Laughing Gull - 7
Ring-billed Gull - 309
Herring Gull - 148
Great Black-backed Gull - 21

TOTAL - 12203

Sea Watch Count 11/30/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 2430
Common Loon - 6
Horned Grebe - 3
Northern Gannet - 3884
Great Cormorant - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 46
Great Blue Heron - 1
Snow Goose - 14
Brant - 3
Canada Goose - 11
Tundra Swan - 6
American Wigeon - 6
American Black Duck - 8
Greater Scaup - 25
Lesser Scaup - 32
Common Eider -5
Long-tailed Duck - 64
Black Scoter - 116
Surf Scoter - 426
White-winged Scoter - 12
unidentified scoter - 295
Common Goldeneye - 1
Bufflehead - 21
Hooded Merganser - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 17
Laughing Gull - 72
Bonaparte's Gull - 9
Ring-billed Gull - 148
Herring Gull - 17
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Black-legged Kittiwake - 1
Royal tern - 2
Aythya, sp. - 105

TOTAL - 7799

Hawk Watch Count 11/30/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 20 263 315
Turkey Vulture 34 1381 1970
Osprey 0 40 1632
Bald Eagle 3 69 276
Northern Harrier 5 434 1293

Sharp-shinned Hawk 42 1704 13594
Cooper's Hawk 12 436 2797
Northern Goshawk 0 28 28
Red-shouldered Hawk 14 238 344

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 46 1032 1381
Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 2
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 1 61 4619
Merlin 0 33 1341
Peregrine Falcon 1 36 1331
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 179 5780 31512

Sea Watch Count 11/29/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 974
Common Loon - 4
Horned Grebe - 10
Northern Gannet - 2816
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Snow Goose - 11
Green-winged Teal - 43
Ring-necked Duck - 19
American Black Duck - 6
Greater Scaup - 14
Lesser Scaup - 11
Long-tailed Duck - 28
Black Scoter - 397
Surf Scoter - 1102
White-winged Scoter - 29
dark-winged scoter - 16
unidentified scoter - 44
Common Goldeneye - 1
Bufflehead - 6
Hooded Merganser - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 164
Laughing Gull - 44
Bonaparte's Gull - 37
Ring-billed Gull - 88
Herring Gull - 24
Great Black-backed Gull - 19
Royal Tern - 2
Northern Shoveler - 3
King Eider - 2

TOTAL - 5918

Sea Watch Count 11/28/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 2423
Common Loon - 4
Horned Grebe - 6
Northern Gannet - 4833
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 330
Great Blue Heron - 1
Canada Goose - 7
Wood Duck - 5
American Black Duck - 12
Northern Pintail - 2
Greater Scaup - 6
Lesser Scaup - 50
Long-tailed Duck - 55
Black Scoter - 178
Surf Scoter - 816
White-winged Scoter - 18
unidentified scoter - 708
Common Goldeneye - 1
Bufflehead - 80
Hooded Merganser - 10
Red-breasted Merganser - 25
Laughing Gull - 365
Ring-billed Gull - 283
Great Black-backed Gull - 22
Royal Tern - 1
Northern Shoveler - 2
Ruddy Duck - 1
Canvasback - 1
Common Merganser - 1
American Coot - 1
Barrow's Goldeneye - 1

TOTAL - 10250

Hawk Watch Count 11/27/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 17 243 295
Turkey Vulture 24 1347 1936
Osprey 1 40 1632
Bald Eagle 0 66 273
Northern Harrier 5 429 1288

Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 1662 13552
Cooper's Hawk 10 424 2785
Northern Goshawk 0 28 28
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 224 330

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 3 986 1335
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 1 60 4618
Merlin 3 33 1341
Peregrine Falcon 0 35 1330
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 85 5601 31333

Sea Watch Count 11/26/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 52
Common Loon - 2
Northern Gannet - 476
Greater Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 1
Black Scoter - 20
Surf Scoter - 40
White-winged Scoter - 1
Bufflehead - 1
Laughing Gull - 18
Bonaparte's Gull - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 56
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 40

TOTAL - 725

Hawk Watch Count 11/26/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 226 278
Turkey Vulture 0 1323 1912
Osprey 0 39 1631
Bald Eagle 0 66 273
Northern Harrier 0 424 1283

Sharp-shinned Hawk 0 1642 13532
Cooper's Hawk 1 414 2775
Northern Goshawk 0 28 28
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 223 329

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 0 983 1332
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 0 59 4617
Merlin 0 30 1338
Peregrine Falcon 0 35 1330
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 1 5516 31248

Sea Watch Count 11/25/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 3231
Common Loon - 12
Northern Gannet - 5200
Horned Grebe - 10
Double-crested Cormorant - 157
Canada Goose - 1
Tundra Swan - 13
American Wigeon - 16
Northern Pintail - 1
Green-winged Teal - 11
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Greater Scaup - 181
Lesser Scaup - 53
Common Eider - 38
Long-tailed Duck - 28
Black Scoter - 524
Surf Scoter - 1192
White-winged Scoter - 120
dark-winged scoter - 88
unidentified scoter - 299
Bufflehead - 3
Red-breasted Merganser - 29
Laughing Gull - 137
Ring-billed Gull - 415
Herring Gull - 65
Great Black-backed Gull - 19
Forster's Tern - 6
Northern Shoveler - 12

TOTAL - 11863

Hawk Watch Count 11/25/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 18 226 278
Turkey Vulture 56 1323 1912
Osprey 0 39 1631
Bald Eagle 1 66 273
Northern Harrier 5 424 1283

Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 1642 13532
Cooper's Hawk 9 413 2774
Northern Goshawk 2 28 28
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 223 329

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 24 983 1332
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 0 59 4617
Merlin 0 30 1338
Peregrine Falcon 0 35 1330
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 151 5515 31247

Sea Watch Count 11/24/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 4360
Common Loon - 20
Horned Grebe - 8
Northern Gannet - 1135
Great Cormorant - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 2532
Great Blue Heron - 1
Snow Goose - 1
Brant - 22
Canada Goose - 60
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 11
American Black Duck - 278
Mallard - 49
Northern Pintail - 1
Green-winged Teal - 21
Ring-necked Duck - 7
Greater Scaup - 30
Lesser Scaup - 9
scaup, sp. - 16
Common Eider - 3
Long-tailed Duck - 18
Black Scoter - 1705
Surf Scoter - 1181
White-winged Scoter - 32
dark-winged scoter - 2470
unidentified scoter - 580
Common Goldeneye - 8
Bufflehead - 41
Hooded Merganser - 13
Red-breasted Merganser - 55
Laughing Gull - 9
Ring-billed Gull - 374
Herring Gull - 240
Great Black-backed Gull - 50
Royal Tern - 5
dabbler, sp. - 18
Northern Shoveler - 24

TOTAL - 15662

Hawk Watch Count 11/24/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 19 208 260
Turkey Vulture 118 1267 1856
Osprey 0 39 1631
Bald Eagle 5 65 272
Northern Harrier 30 419 1278

Sharp-shinned Hawk 63 1610 13500
Cooper's Hawk 34 404 2765
Northern Goshawk 2 26 26
Red-shouldered Hawk 37 219 325

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 134 959 1308
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 1 59 4617
Merlin 1 30 1338
Peregrine Falcon 3 35 1330
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 447 5364 31096

Sea Watch Count 11/23/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 6213
Common Loon - 26
Northern Gannet - 2443
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1883
Great Blue Heron - 6
Great Egret - 15
Snow Goose - 821
Brant - 42
Canada Goose - 236
Wood Duck - 15
American Wigeon - 4
American Black Duck - 51
Mallard - 17
Green-winged Teal - 76
Greater Scaup - 26
Lesser Scaup - 3
Long-tailed Duck - 33
Black Scoter - 571
Surf Scoter - 210
White-winged Scoter - 19
dark-winged scoter - 1000
unidentified scoter - 585
Bufflehead - 31
Hooded Merganser - 39
Red-breasted Merganser - 23
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 557
Herring Gull - 149
Great Black-backed Gull - 70
Forster's Tern - 24
Royal Tern - 14
American Oystercatcher - 9
Northern Shoveler - 9

TOTAL - 15232

Hawk Watch Count 11/23/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 14 189 241
Turkey Vulture 117 1149 1738
Osprey 0 39 1631
Bald Eagle 6 60 267
Northern Harrier 12 389 1248

Sharp-shinned Hawk 63 1547 13437
Cooper's Hawk 14 370 2731
Northern Goshawk 1 24 24
Red-shouldered Hawk 24 182 288

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 95 825 1174
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 2 58 4616
Merlin 3 29 1337
Peregrine Falcon 1 32 1327
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 352 4917 30649

Sea Watch Count 11/22/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 424
Common Loon - 9
Northern Gannet - 1421
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
American Black Duck - 5
Greater Scaup - 2
Black Scoter - 106
Surf Scoter - 65
White-winged Scoter - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 65
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Herring Gull - 10
Great Black-backed Gull - 33
Forster's Tern - 18
Royal Tern - 1
Monarch - 2

TOTAL - 2186

Sea Watch Count 11/21/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 7078
Common Loon - 18
Northern Gannet - 2081
Great Cormorant - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 73
Wood Duck - 3
American Black Duck - 4
Northern Pintail - 5
Green-winged Teal - 45
Greater Scaup - 11
Lesser Scaup - 2
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 2
Black Scoter - 2052
Surf Scoter - 670
White-winged Scoter - 38
unidentified scoter - 12
Red-breasted Merganser - 89
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 57
Ring-billed Gull - 108
Herring Gull - 28
Great Black-backed Gull - 23
Forster's Tern - 67
Royal Tern - 12
Monarch - 3
Aythya, sp. - 4
American Oystercatcher - 11
Ruddy Duck - 1

TOTAL - 12501

Sea Watch Count 11/20/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 3163
Common Loon - 84
Northern Gannet - 1948
Brant - 2
American Black Duck - 6
Green-winged Teal - 49
Ring-necked Duck - 6
Long-tailed Duck - 12
Black Scoter - 2741
Surf Scoter - 1742
White-winged Scoter - 24
dark-winged scoter - 840
Bufflehead - 2
Hooded Merganser - 9
Red-breasted Merganser - 175
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 50
Herring Gull - 37
Great Black-backed Gull - 13
Forster's Tern - 9
Royal Tern - 2

TOTAL - 10916

Hawk Watch Count 11/20/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 0 175 227
Turkey Vulture 0 1032 1621
Osprey 1 39 1631
Bald Eagle 0 54 261
Northern Harrier 1 377 1236

Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 1484 13374
Cooper's Hawk 1 356 2717
Northern Goshawk 0 23 23
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 158 264

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 1 730 1079
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 0 56 4614
Merlin 0 26 1334
Peregrine Falcon 1 31 1326
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 7 4565 30297

Sea Watch Count 11/19/07

Counter: Ken Behrens

Red-throated Loon - 4295
Common Loon - 42
Northern Gannet - 266
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1300
Brant - 5
Canada Goose - 1
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 1
American Wigeon - 58
American Black Duck - 179
Mallard - 5
Northern Pintail - 4
Green-winged Teal - 123
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Greater Scaup - 120
Lesser Scaup - 56
Long-tailed Duck - 26
Black Scoter - 10335
Surf Scoter - 7242
White-winged Scoter - 99
unidentified scoter - 2190
Bufflehead - 23
Hooded Merganser - 10
Red-breasted Merganser - 523
Laughing Gull - 324
Ring-billed Gull - 403
Herring Gull - 24
Great Black-backed Gull - 8
Aythya, sp. - 83
American Oystercatcher - 7
Red-necked Grebe - 2

TOTAL - 27758

Hawk Watch Count 11/19/07

Counter: Jessie Barry

Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
------------------ ----------- -------------- --------------
Black Vulture 3 175 227
Turkey Vulture 12 1032 1621
Osprey 0 38 1630
Bald Eagle 0 54 261
Northern Harrier 2 376 1235

Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 1482 13372
Cooper's Hawk 2 355 2716
Northern Goshawk 1 23 23
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 158 264

Broad-winged Hawk 0 16 575
Red-tailed Hawk 4 729 1078
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 1
Golden Eagle 0 8 12

American Kestrel 0 56 4614
Merlin 0 26 1334
Peregrine Falcon 0 30 1325
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Unknown 0 0 1

Total: 29 4558 30290

Sea Watch Count 11/18/07

18-Nov

2007 TOTAL

HIST PEAK

PEAK

DATE

RECORD

Red-throated Loon

10348

86041

10978

73704

18-Nov

73704

Common Loon

323

6169

687

5066

18-Nov

5066

Horned Grebe

21

453

104

388

14-Nov

388

Northern Gannet

570

42067

6914

5602

9-Nov

91951+

Great Cormorant

2

187

24

145

2-Oct

145

Double-crested Cormorant

414

439558

21856

240670

8-Nov

240670

Great Blue Heron

11

2113

699

1530

12-Oct

1530

Great Egret

1432

222

822

12-Oct

822

Snowy Egret

893

259

487

12-Oct

487

Snow Goose

17218

5933

17146

12-Oct

17146

Brant

35

20111

3915

16558

12-Oct

16558

Canada Goose

1438

17238

501

13-Oct

23242+

Tundra Swan

603

382

601

601

Wood Duck

9

391

563

73

4-Nov

1607+

Gadwall

18

25

5

15-Oct

93+

American Wigeon

2

1315

250

1037

17-Oct

1037

American Black Duck

53

6413

647

4422

12-Nov

4422

Mallard

3

146

140

36

12-Nov

620+

Northern Pintail

1147

876

216

23-Sep

3601+

Green-winged Teal

103

17147

3197

11024

26-Oct

11024

Ring-necked Duck

5

499

201

350

31-Oct

350

Greater Scaup

127

787

364

120

16-Oct

2259+

Lesser Scaup

101

665

720

85

25-Oct

2960+

scaup, sp.

3760

790

3667

3667

Common Eider

2

205

43

169

16-Oct

169

Long-tailed Duck

98

4640

1603

4159

17-Nov

4159

Black Scoter

16570

424262

42507

256633

25-Oct

256633

Surf Scoter

12821

378990

42522

208857

25-Oct

208857

White-winged Scoter

251

6557

961

6126

18-Nov

6126

dark-winged scoter

171420

27681

160828

9-Oct

160828

unidentified scoter

657

107718

44900

25-Oct

44900

Common Goldeneye

3

310

124

290

290

Bufflehead

85

4305

1432

2428

17-Nov

2428

Hooded Merganser

21

553

113

371

17-Nov

371

Red-breasted Merganser

324

7408

1252

6439

19-Nov

6439

Parasitic Jaeger

343

36

224

2-Oct

224

Laughing Gull

487

70490

6603

33222

19-Oct

33222

Bonaparte's Gull

2

8799

2746

8647

8647

Ring-billed Gull

275

3098

9081

629

2-Nov

33340+

Herring Gull

61

38138

8309

35169

10-Oct

35169

Great Black-backed Gull

7

3762

500

2490

27-Oct

2490

Black-legged Kittiwake

204

57

201

16-Oct

201

Forster's Tern

19

26326

3284

14372

14-Oct

14372

Royal Tern

15

3856

1520

2631

23-Oct

2631

Razorbill

2

13

9

13

18-Nov

13

Monarch

5372

4047

13-Oct

Brown Pelican

735

302

2-Oct

302

Glossy Ibis

3

3

Little Blue Heron

209

201

201

Blue-winged Teal

98

84

84

teal, sp.

0

0

dabbler, sp.

29

18

Aythya, sp.

32

181

83

19-Nov

duck, sp.

10

6

American Oystercatcher

11

686

141

29-Sep

Lesser Black-backed Gull

22

18

18

jaeger, sp.

15

15

15

Common Tern

4107

2803

27-Oct

2803

Caspian Tern

120

96

29-Oct

96

Northern Shoveler

75

55

55

Black Skimmer

575

286

29-Sep

286

Ruddy Duck

124

72

14-Nov

72

Black-crowned Night-Heron

204

121

121

Tricolored Heron

30

27

12-Oct

27

American Bittern

1

1

Redhead

189

69

184

184

Sabine's Gull

0

0

Harlequin Duck

18

13

13

Marbled Godwit

18

23-Sep

American Woodcock

2

1

Red-necked Grebe

17

15

19-Nov

15

Iceland Gull

3

3

3

Greater Yellowlegs

3

3

Canvasback

2

2

Black Tern

2

1

MALL/ABDU Integrade

1

1

Whimbrel

6

6

Little Gull

6

6

6

King Eider

1

24

21

21

Common Merganser

13

12

12

alcid, sp.

10

10

10

Mute Swan

19

19

19

Franklin's Gull

43

43

43

Aythya hybrid

1

1

Belted Kingfisher

6

2

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

5

5

Killdeer

10

9

Spotted Sandpiper

1

1

American Golden-Plover

22

21

Cackling Goose

1

1

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

2

2

Northern Saw-whet Owl

1

1

TOTAL

43871

1919599

976213

25-Oct

976213