The Seawatch was jumpin' this morning, and it kept on doing so until well after the sun had set. The bulk of the flight were Red-throated Loons and Gulls (Ring-billed and Herring), but diversity was excellent as well, with 35 species of migrant waterbird tallied. Purple Sandpipers continue on the jetty, and there was a noticeable movement of Turkey Vultures over Sea Isle City today as well. It was certainly an auspicious start to December.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 12/1/09
Notes: Clear, Sunny, West winds.
Number of species: 56
Brant 57
Canada Goose 27
Wood Duck 8
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 6
American Black Duck 162
Mallard 14
Northern Shoveler 7
Green-winged Teal 57
Ring-necked Duck 12
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup 9
Aythya sp. 7
Common Eider 12
Harlequin Duck 2 (One was with 4 Green-winged Teal, the other was with a
small mixed flock of Black and Surf Scoters.)
Surf Scoter 343
White-winged Scoter 3
Black Scoter 1918
dark-winged scoter sp. 538
Long-tailed Duck 55
Bufflehead 10
Hooded Merganser 10
Red-breasted Merganser 25
duck sp. 9
Red-throated Loon 7975
Common Loon 6
loon sp. 1 (Pacific/juvenile Red-throated. Just after official sunset)
Northern Gannet 1265
Double-crested Cormorant 80
Great Cormorant 3
Great Egret 8
Turkey Vulture 31
Bald Eagle 1 (juvenile)
American Kestrel 3
Peregrine Falcon 2
Semipalmated Plover 2
American Oystercatcher 6 (3 migrants)
Ruddy Turnstone 8
Sanderling 600
Purple Sandpiper 8
Dunlin 300
Bonaparte's Gull 5
Laughing Gull 28
Ring-billed Gull 2751
Herring Gull 1832
Great Black-backed Gull 100
Forster's Tern 10
Royal Tern 1 (Juvenile)
Parasitic Jaeger 1 (Southbound juvenile)
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 3
European Starling 200
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 15
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 10
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