A chilly, windy, and mostly sunny day at the seawatch today saw another less-than-stellar amount of migration. Red-throated Loons weren't as numerous today as they have been for the past few weeks, but Northern Gannets were again moving in decent numbers.
Today's highlights were 11 Tundra Swans, 18 Great Blue Herons, and a Ruddy Duck leading a scoter flock.
An eBird list of species detected follows, with counted migrants in bold:
3,908 migrants today.
Location: Avalon Seawatch
Observation date: 12/5/10
Number of species: 43
Snow Goose 112
Brant 19
Canada Goose 159
Tundra Swan 11
Wood Duck 4
American Black Duck 14
Mallard 16
Northern Pintail 1
Greater Scaup 3
Lesser Scaup 15
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 376
White-winged Scoter 3
Black Scoter 440
Surf/Black Scoter 253
Long-tailed Duck 8
Bufflehead 5
Red-breasted Merganser 16
Ruddy Duck 1
Red-throated Loon 299
Common Loon 5
Horned Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 1443
Double-crested Cormorant 78
Great Blue Heron 18
Turkey Vulture 5
Black-bellied Plover 1
Ruddy Turnstone 6
Sanderling 14
Purple Sandpiper 25
Dunlin 400
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Laughing Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 216
Herring Gull 96
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 200
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 1
House Finch 16
House Sparrow 20
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