Today was a rather warm and slow day for my first day at the Avalon Seawatch. Highlights included an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull, nice numbers of Brown Pelicans, and spending the day at the Seawatch! The Seabird ID Workshop (Fri., Sat., and Sun., 2-3pm) was treated to the only two flocks of Double-crested Cormorants for the day, as well as the largest scoter flock.
A list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 9/24/10
Number of species: 30
Black Scoter 20
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 6
Brown Pelican 24
Double-crested Cormorant 51
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey X
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 2
American Oystercatcher 1
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling X
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Caspian Tern 2
Common Tern 50
Forster's Tern 22
Royal Tern 33
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
House Sparrow X
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