Well, we beat the Brown Pelican annual record today...but that's only because every Brown Pelican from here on out is a new record; we actually set the new high last week. The seawatch total for today was 13,397, highlighted by good numbers of Northern Gannets moving all day and a nice late-day Egret flight. Tricolored Heron was the first for the watch this season, and we also had the high-day for Gannets so far this season.
eBird list follows with count birds in bold.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 10/19/09
Number of species: 56
Brant 116
Canada Goose 2
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 22
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 10
Common Eider 3
Surf Scoter 988
White-winged Scoter 3
Black Scoter 623
dark-winged scoter sp. 239
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-throated Loon 11
Common Loon 18
Northern Gannet 776
Brown Pelican 48
Double-crested Cormorant 10168
Great Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 195
Snowy Egret 17
Tricolored Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 14
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 7
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 3
Black-bellied Plover 12
Semipalmated Plover 1
American Oystercatcher 60
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 350
Dunlin 40
Laughing Gull 9
Ring-billed Gull 37
Herring Gull 13
Great Black-backed Gull 21
Forster's Tern 24
Caspian Tern 2
Royal Tern 33
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow 200
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 8
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow X
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