Well, at least there wasn't an hour where I saw more Monarchs than Black Scoters at Avalon today. It was certainly not as slow, but the diversity today wasn't quite what it was yesterday. Hundreds of Northern Gannets streamed north early and proceeded to feed around the inlet and points to the north, so none were counted today. Red-breasted Mergansers are becoming more common now, as are Scaup. A late flock of 16 Common Eider and a flock of 31 Great Egrets were the only late-in-the-day highlights.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/17/09
Notes: NE Winds, sunny, chilly
Number of species: 34
Brant 28
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 5
American Black Duck 8
Green-winged Teal 28
Greater Scaup 15
Lesser Scaup 30
Greater/Lesser Scaup 3
Common Eider 29
Surf Scoter 1781
White-winged Scoter 13
Black Scoter 1835
dark-winged scoter sp. 1120
scoter sp. 39
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 1
Red-breasted Merganser 44
Red-throated Loon 994
Common Loon 6
Double-crested Cormorant 606
Great Cormorant 1
Great Egret 31
Semipalmated Plover 1
Sanderling X
Purple Sandpiper 4
Dunlin X
Ring-billed Gull 562
Herring Gull 59
Great Black-backed Gull 13
Royal Tern 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 45
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Fox Sparrow 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
House Sparrow X
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