The day started off rainy with only one Common Tern showing itself in the limited visibility. The rest of the day was pretty slow even though it gradually cleared off and became sunny. We had a total of 13 species and 266 total birds counted.
Below is a list of birds seen.
Location: Avalon Sea Watch
Observation date: 9/27/09
Number of species: 13
Brant 10
Green-winged Teal 1
Surf Scoter 4
Black Scoter 81
Common Loon 3
Cory's Shearwater 1
Greater Shearwater 1
Northern Gannet 11
Brown Pelican 7
Double-crested Cormorant 143
Great Cormorant 1
Common Tern 2
Parasitic Jaeger 3
Oh, I almost forgot, on a minor note we had two species of shearwater (Cory's and Greater) hang around for 4 1/2 hours, and at one point were in the same field of view.
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