Avalon Seawatch November 26, 2010

Today was a great day at the seawatch! Not a huge number of migrants, but nice diversity and some uncommon birds made a great day.

Red-throated Loons and a few Northern Gannets were moving early along with gulls, but then this movement quieted down rather quickly. At the end of the day after the scattered rain had passed, a few groups of Snow Geese, Canada Geese, and Tundra Swans were migrating. The male Harlequin Duck that Doug had fly in yesterday was still sitting with the local scoter flock this morning. A dolphin was present for the third day in a row.

The real highlights today were 3 Parasitic Jaegers, 5 Razorbills, and an adult Little Gull! The Razorbills were moving throughout the day with 3 singles and 2 together. Hopefully this is just the beginning of a great season for them. The Little Gull spotted by Doug Gochfeld migrated south by itself at the very end of the day.

Non-waterbird highlight was an immature Northern Goshawk that moved over the town in the afternoon.

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

4,056 migrants today.

Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/26/10
Number of species: 45

Snow Goose 230
Brant 9
Canada Goose 17
Tundra Swan 54
American Black Duck 42
Mallard 4
Northern Pintail 4
Greater Scaup 36
Lesser Scaup 33
Common Eider 26
Harlequin Duck 1
Surf Scoter 472
White-winged Scoter 30
Black Scoter 727
Surf/Black Scoter 20
Long-tailed Duck 14
Red-breasted Merganser 13
Red-throated Loon 1598
Common Loon 22
Northern Gannet 215
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Northern Harrier 1
Northern Goshawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 15
Purple Sandpiper 30
Dunlin 200
Bonaparte's Gull 60
Little Gull 1
Laughing Gull 142
Ring-billed Gull 152
Herring Gull 57
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Parasitic Jaeger 3
Razorbill 5
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 60
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 1
House Sparrow 10

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