Avalon Seawatch October 4, 2010

A fairly slow day at the seawatch today. This was probably in large part to the constant drizzle, wind, and low visibility. A number of nice Double-crested Cormorant lines materialized out of the mist, as did 19 Brant. A Red-breasted Nuthatch hung out again today in the pines adjacent to the seawall with a Golden-crowned Kinglet. A Northern Parula came in off the water.

A list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 10/4/10
Number of species: 33

Brant 19
American Black Duck 29
Green-winged Teal X going north
Black Scoter X going north
Northern Gannet 1
Brown Pelican 6
Double-crested Cormorant 773
Great Blue Heron 14
Osprey X
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 5
Black-bellied Plover X
Semipalmated Plover X
Killdeer X
Ruddy Turnstone X
Sanderling X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Least Sandpiper X
Dunlin X
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher X
Laughing Gull 44
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Caspian Tern X
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon X
Tree Swallow X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Parula 1
House Sparrow X

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