Another very fun day of migration today at the seawatch. Lots of Double-crested Cormorants, Northern Pintails, and a nice late afternoon push of scoters.
Highlights included 3 White-winged Scoters, 3 Brown Pelicans, and 2 Parasitic Jaegers.
A list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
17,337 migrants today.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 10/18/10
Number of species: 60
Brant 24
Canada Goose 76
Wood Duck 17
American Wigeon 1
American Black Duck 4
Northern Pintail 290
Green-winged Teal 146
Greater Scaup 3
Surf Scoter 664
White-winged Scoter 3
Black Scoter 3813
Surf/Black Scoter 110
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-throated Loon 19
Common Loon 20
Northern Gannet 280
Brown Pelican 3
Double-crested Cormorant 11524
Great Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret X
Snowy Egret X
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 3
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Black-bellied Plover 10
Semipalmated Plover 5
American Oystercatcher 60
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 10
Dunlin 20
Laughing Gull 249
Ring-billed Gull 13
Herring Gull 16
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern 50
Royal Tern 7
Parasitic Jaeger 2
Rock Pigeon 20
Northern Flicker 1
Tree Swallow 40
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 30
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 15
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