A rather slow day today at the seawatch, but still enough birds to keep things interesting. A few scoters and Red-throated Loons were trickling by throughout the day, but the real star of the show continues to be the dynamic, ever-growing raft of birds that has taken up residence by the jetty. All three scoter species were again present, and were joined today by Common Eider, Common Loon, and Brant.
Other highlights today included another nice showing from White-winged Scoters and 4 Ring-necked Ducks.
An eBird list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
4,329 migrants today.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/13/10
Number of species: 36
Brant 18
American Black Duck 1
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 7
Ring-necked Duck 4
Greater Scaup 3
Lesser Scaup 1
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 482
White-winged Scoter 33
Black Scoter 2451
Surf/Black Scoter 150
Red-breasted Merganser 55
Red-throated Loon 261
Common Loon 12
Northern Gannet 578
Double-crested Cormorant 75
Great Egret 14
Black-bellied Plover 30
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 15
Purple Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 30
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 67
Herring Gull 88
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Royal Tern 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 50
warbler sp. 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
House Sparrow 40
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