A nice day today at the seawatch. Much less windy than yesterday, and as such was more pleasant. More birds were migrating as well, which is always a nice bonus. Loads of Canada Geese were moving first thing this morning, along with Ring-billed Gulls. A fairly steady movement of Northern Gannets, Red-throated Loons, and scoters throughout the day produced a nice count for these species when the day was through.
Today's highlights were 19 Tundra Swans, 37 Long-tailed Ducks, and 4 Horned Grebes.
An eBird list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
13,072 migrants today.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 11/28/10
Number of species: 49
Snow Goose 1
Brant 6
Canada Goose 2803
Tundra Swan 19
Wood Duck 4
American Wigeon 11
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 4
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 3
Greater Scaup 12
Lesser Scaup 3
Common Eider 2
Surf Scoter 1986
White-winged Scoter 21
Black Scoter 1329
Surf/Black Scoter 240
Long-tailed Duck 37
Bufflehead 4
Hooded Merganser 7
Red-breasted Merganser 13
Red-throated Loon 2812
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 4
Northern Gannet 2068
Double-crested Cormorant 307
Turkey Vulture 12
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 3
American Oystercatcher 3
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 6
Purple Sandpiper 22
Dunlin 300
Bonaparte's Gull 95
Laughing Gull 67
Ring-billed Gull 807
Herring Gull 90
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 20
Mourning Dove 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 50
blackbird sp. 100
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
House Sparrow 20
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