White-winged Scoters, like the one above showed up in their best numbers in a week today (photo copyright Doug Gochfeld)
It was an entertaining, if moderately slow, day at Avalon. Scoters and Red-throated Loon numbers picked back up slightly, and we had first of the season Black-legged Kittiwake (adult) and Common Goldeneye (female), as well as the second Lesser Black-backed Gull of the season (an adult). A Blue-winged Teal winging south with a handful of Scoters was also nice.
Non-waterbird highlights were 2 flyby Snow Buntings, a Barn Swallow, and at least 5 Purple Sandpipers. There were several Butterflys around, mostly Monarchs but with at least 1 Red Admiral thrown into the mix, and there was even an hour where there were triple the amount of Monarchs (3) as Black Scoters (<3) seen.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/16/09
Number of species: 45
Brant 12
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 1
Lesser Scaup 6
Aythya sp. 21
Common Eider 10
Surf Scoter 832
White-winged Scoter 15
Black Scoter 222
dark-winged scoter sp. 105
Long-tailed Duck 3
Bufflehead 29
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 13
Red-throated Loon 524
Common Loon 42
Northern Gannet 36
Double-crested Cormorant 429
Great Cormorant 1
Great Egret 19
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sanderling 45
Purple Sandpiper 5
Dunlin 10
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 87
Herring Gull 61
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon X
Barn Swallow 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Snow Bunting 2
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Sparrow X
Non-waterbird highlights were 2 flyby Snow Buntings, a Barn Swallow, and at least 5 Purple Sandpipers. There were several Butterflys around, mostly Monarchs but with at least 1 Red Admiral thrown into the mix, and there was even an hour where there were triple the amount of Monarchs (3) as Black Scoters (<3) seen.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/16/09
Number of species: 45
Brant 12
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 4
Blue-winged Teal 1
Lesser Scaup 6
Aythya sp. 21
Common Eider 10
Surf Scoter 832
White-winged Scoter 15
Black Scoter 222
dark-winged scoter sp. 105
Long-tailed Duck 3
Bufflehead 29
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 13
Red-throated Loon 524
Common Loon 42
Northern Gannet 36
Double-crested Cormorant 429
Great Cormorant 1
Great Egret 19
Turkey Vulture 5
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sanderling 45
Purple Sandpiper 5
Dunlin 10
Black-legged Kittiwake 1
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 87
Herring Gull 61
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon X
Barn Swallow 1
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 12
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Snow Bunting 2
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Sparrow X
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