photo copyright of France Dewaghe
A very good day up at Avalon, especially due to the diversity (30 species of migrating waterbirds). The highlight was a female King Eider and the 19 Common Eiders. Wood Ducks and Red-throated Loons also gave a good showing.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 10/26/09
Number of species: 47
Brant (Atlantic) 133
Wood Duck 196
American Wigeon 6
American Black Duck 25
American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 1
Northern Shoveler 1
Northern Pintail 22
Green-winged Teal 63
Greater Scaup 9
Lesser Scaup 3
King Eider 1
Common Eider 20
Surf Scoter 4974
White-winged Scoter 12
Black Scoter 6779
dark-winged scoter sp. 465
Red-breasted Merganser 11
Red-throated Loon 183
Common Loon 14
Northern Gannet 5214
Brown Pelican 3
Double-crested Cormorant 5290
Great Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 1
Black-bellied Plover X
Semipalmated Plover 3
American Oystercatcher 2
Sanderling 15
Dunlin 35
Laughing Gull 33
Ring-billed Gull 16
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Caspian Tern 3
Forster's Tern 46
Royal Tern 51
Parasitic Jaeger 3
Rock Pigeon X
Tree Swallow X
Carolina Wren X
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
American Pipit 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Song Sparrow 2
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
House Sparrow X
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