Avalon Seawatch - 20 October 2011

The seawatch was rather slow again. This seems to be the trend the past few days, as scoter and cormorants have been lacking. The highlights were singles of, Brown Pelican, Parastic Jaeger, White-winged Scoter, Common Eider, and adult Lesser Black-backed Gull. Northern Gannets put in their best showing of the season so far.

Wood Duck - 1

Gadwall - 2

American Black Duck - 3

Mallard - 3

puddle duck Sp. - 2

Common Eider - 1

Surf Scoter - 2

White-winged Scoter - 1

Black Scoter - 6

Common Loon - 3

Northern Gannet - 716

Brown Pelican - 1

Double-crested Cormorant - 186

Laughing Gull - 77

Herring Gull - 32

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1

Great Black-backed Gull - 113

Forster's Tern - 362

Royal Tern - 104

Parasitic Jaeger - 1

Total - 1617