Today was a windy day up at Avalon, and like much of the other counters working here, I did not have a whole lot of birds migrating through.
However, we did have two sightings of Parasitic Jaegars and a sighting of a pair of Greater Scaup, the first of the season. Below is the list of birds seen.
Location: Avalon Sea Watch
Observation date: 10/2/09
Number of species: 15
Blue-winged Teal 31
Northern Pintail 18
Green-winged Teal 1
Duck Sp. 12
Greater Scaup 2
Surf Scoter 11
Black Scoter 9
Red-throated Loon 4
Common Loon 3
Northern Gannet 10
Double-crested Cormorant 542
Great Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 13
Laughing Gull 7
Common Tern 1
Black Skimmer 4
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