Today was another very enjoyable day at the seawatch. Solid numbers of scoters, along with some Red-throated Loons, and a smattering of other ducks.
Today's highlights were a Gadwall with a flock of scoters, 67 White-winged Scoters, and 2 Great Cormorants. A total of 3 (!) Red-necked Grebes were seen today: two flying north while one sat on the water. Three Redhead came in to join the local raft to forage by the jetty for a little bit this morning.
An eBird list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
6,625 migrants today
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 12/18/10
Number of species: 45
Brant 11
Canada Goose 23
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck 18
Mallard 10
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 12
Redhead 3
Greater Scaup 8
Lesser Scaup 11
Common Eider 13
Surf Scoter 1128
White-winged Scoter 67
Black Scoter 2974
Surf/Black Scoter 313
Long-tailed Duck 74
Bufflehead 2
Red-breasted Merganser 24
Red-throated Loon 496
Common Loon 2
Horned Grebe 6
Red-necked Grebe 3
Northern Gannet 44
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 7
Turkey Vulture 4
Northern Harrier 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Killdeer 1
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 3
Purple Sandpiper 40
Dunlin 20
Bonaparte's Gull 442
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 182
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 30
Mourning Dove 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 75
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 12
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
blackbird sp. 20
House Sparrow 30
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