Sea Watch Thursday, October 29, 2009

Well today was a little warm-up to the "big day" with over 27,000 birds. It was a big Surf Scoter day, followed by Cormorants, and Black Scoter.

There is the potential that tomorrow maybe the "big day," because it has to happen some time.

Other than a lot of bird movement nothing new showed up. We had two more Long-tailed ducks today, and today has been the biggest Red-throated Loon day at 160 individuals.

One more item of interest, we still have the flock of 11 Common Eider hanging around the jetty.

Here is a lost of birds seen today:


Brant (Atlantic) 121
Wood Duck 3
American Black Duck 12
Mallard 1
Green-winged Teal 88
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 2
Common Eider 7
Surf Scoter 12540
White-winged Scoter 17
Black Scoter 3904
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Red-throated Loon 160
Common Loon 14
Northern Gannet 581
Brown Pelican 10
Double-crested Cormorant 5541
Great Blue Heron 16
American Oystercatcher 12
Laughing Gull 7
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 36
Forster's Tern 45
Royal Tern 9

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