Sea Watch Tuesday November 24, 2009

One of these days I'll be reminded of what the sun looks like...it just certainly wasn't today. The NE Winds lessened slowly throughout, and the precipitation decreased as well, which led to much more enjoyable viewing conditions in the afternoon at the Kowa Seawatch. The movement of Ring-billed and Herring Gulls was notable, and Red-throated Loons were relatively thick for a couple of hours. The species highlight was without a doubt the juvenile Caspian Tern which came by shortly after 1:00 PM.

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/24/09
Notes: Overcast. Strong NE Winds. intermittent drizzles for the first half
of the day.
Number of species: 27

Brant 61
Green-winged Teal 6
Ring-necked Duck 1
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup 3
Common Eider 9
Surf Scoter 1306
White-winged Scoter 9
Black Scoter 792
dark-winged scoter sp. 125
Red-breasted Merganser 40
Red-throated Loon 1679
Common Loon 9
Northern Gannet 13

Double-crested Cormorant 1 (local juvenile)
Great Cormorant 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Sanderling 8
Purple Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 7
Ring-billed Gull 560
Herring Gull 378
Great Black-backed Gull 32
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 1

American Robin 15
European Starling X
House Sparrow X

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