Well, today was a lot more agreeable than yesterday, with the winds staying calm through most of today.
There was a strong movement of gulls yesterday and today, and well I'll let the numbers speak for themselves. Today was the first day that we had Horned Grebes, Hooded Mergansers, and Common Goldeneye in any good numbers this season; now that we are almost through the new birds are finally arriving.
Today turned into a rather large day number wise for December, hitting the just over 10,000 birds. Besides the gulls, we had a good movement of Canada Geese, Gannets, and Red-throated Loons.
Here is the break down of today's count:
Snow Goose 179
Brant 125
Canada Goose 827
Tundra Swan 35
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 90
Mallard 13
Green-winged Teal 15
Greater Scaup 8
Lesser Scaup 17
Scaup sp. 30
Common Eider 14
Surf Scoter 67
White-winged Scoter 2
Black Scoter 127
Scoter sp. 161
Long-tailed Duck 256
Bufflehead 27
Common Goldeneye 31
Hooded Merganser 29
Red-breasted Merganser 51
Red-throated Loon 883
Common Loon 25
Horned Grebe 7
Northern Gannet 829
Double-crested Cormorant 193
Great Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Bonaparte's Gull 72
Ring-billed Gull 3,316
Herring Gull 2,079
Great Black-backed Gull 216
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