Seawatch, Thursday, October 22, 2009

Today was another sunny day and the birds were flying in some numbers. Gannets made up more than 80% of today's flight; scoters and cormorants were not flying in any great numbers.

The highlights of the day include our first Bonaparte's Gulls, our first Long-tailed Duck, and yet another sighting of a Parasitic Jaegar.

Below is a list of birds seen today,


Brant 9
American Black Duck 8
Green-winged Teal 42
Great Scaup 2
Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 180
Black Scoter 41
dark-winged scoter sp. 7
Red-throated Loon 26
Common Loon 12
Brown Pelican 3
Northern Gannet 4,812
Double-crested Cormorant 165
Laughing Gull 276
Ring-billed Gull 63
Herring Gull 134
Great Black-backed Gull 94
Caspian Tern 1
Common Tern 3
Forster's Tern 36
Royal Tern 88
Parasitic Jaegar 1
Black Skimmer 3

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