Tuesday started with visibility once again under a half-mile, and pea soup conditions continued through most of the morning. Passerines were again in evidence from the Seawatch at dawn, with a fly-over Gray-cheeked Thrush being the best of the lot. The fog loosened up for portions of the afternoon and allowed me to register a respectable tally for several species.
Laughing Gulls trickled through all day, and were joined in the afternoon by small flocks of Common Terns. We finally tallied the season's first Green-winged Teal, along with the first actual flock of Black Scoters: 15 that raced past during one of the afternoon's foggiest stretches. We also finished strong at the end of the day, thanks to a mini-push of Royal Terns and Northern Gannets.
The day's tally follows-
Green-winged Teal 1
Surf Scoter 1 (adult male)
Black Scoter 21
Northern Gannet 34
Brown Pelican 7
Double-crested Cormorant 39
Great Blue Heron 4
Laughing Gull 125
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Common Tern 61
Forster's Tern 7
Royal Tern 19
Black Skimmer 1
(Total = 338)
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