A windy, chilly, and rather slow day at the seawatch today. A few ducks were moving, along with Red-throated Loons (793) and some Northern Gannets (297).
Today's highlights were 14 Tundra Swans and a Red-necked Grebe that migrated past in a (small) scoter flock. Four Mute Swans were spotted this morning, an uncommon sight at the seawatch.
The local raft of ducks today included a Long-tailed Duck, Harlequin Duck, the three scoter species, 2 Common Eiders, Brant, and a Common Loon.
An eBird list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
2,511 migrants today.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/27/10
Number of species: 49
Snow Goose 2
Brant 23
Canada Goose 12
Mute Swan 4
Tundra Swan 14
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 49
Mallard 1
Greater Scaup 9
Lesser Scaup 2
Common Eider 2
Harlequin Duck 1
Surf Scoter 286
White-winged Scoter 3
Black Scoter 20
Surf/Black Scoter 26
Long-tailed Duck 5
Bufflehead 9
Hooded Merganser 2
Red-breasted Merganser 18
Ruddy Duck 12
Red-throated Loon 793
Common Loon 12
Red-necked Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 297
Double-crested Cormorant 82
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 9
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 7
American Oystercatcher 5
Ruddy Turnstone 9
Sanderling 10
Purple Sandpiper 9
Dunlin 15
Bonaparte's Gull 74
Laughing Gull 72
Ring-billed Gull 270
Herring Gull 373
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon 25
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 100
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 1
blackbird sp. 100
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 15
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