Sea Watch Tuesday September 22, 2009

Today we kicked off the Avalon Seawatch, and it wasn't as slow a day as I had expected. The first birds of the season were 3 Black Scoters (joined by 1 Surf Scoter), and we ended with 90 migrants comprised of 8 species. It was a warm day at the seawatch, and even if there weren't many birds it was nice to have hospitable weather, something that will be in short supply here later in the season.
eBird list follows (with migrants in bold)

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 9/22/09
Number of species: 30

Canada Goose 2
Surf Scoter 3
Black Scoter 35
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 5
Brown Pelican 4
Double-crested Cormorant 8

Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 6
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Sanderling 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Western Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 5
Common Tern 29

Forster's Tern 60
Royal Tern 15
Rock Pigeon X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Tree Swallow 500
European Starling X
House Finch X
House Sparrow 12

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