Another hot and fairly slow day today at the Avalon Seawatch. There was more migration than yesterday, with a final migrant count of 460 birds. There was also a little more diversity today, with a few dabblers migrating past the watch. Highlights included a couple flocks of Northern Pintail and a flock of 5 American Wigeon with 2 Northern Shovelers.
A list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 9/25/10
Number of species: 31
American Wigeon 5
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 43
Green-winged Teal 16
Black Scoter 4
Northern Gannet 26
Brown Pelican 10
Double-crested Cormorant 67
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey X
Merlin 1
Semipalmated Plover X
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling X
Least Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 70
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 37
Caspian Tern 9
Common Tern 40
Forster's Tern 24
Royal Tern 16
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Tree Swallow X
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling X
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Northern Cardinal 1
House Sparrow X
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