Avalon Seawatch - October 16, 2011

Sunday was a mirror image of Saturday, minus the gusty west wind. Clear skies again presided over a generally lackluster flight, though it was not quite as painful as the day before. The season's first Horned Grebes were nice, as were a flock of 13 Gadwall (an uncommon migrant at Avalon) and six more Parasitic Jaegers. Laughing Gulls represented well, and Forster's Terns put in their best showing to date. Other "good" birds included a fly-by Red-headed Woodpecker and two American Avocets that were found by Sam Galick from the Townsend's Inlet bridge (not viewable from the seawatch).

Totals:
Canada Goose - 2
Wood Duck - 13
Gadwall - 13
American Wigeon - 26
American Black Duck - 6
Northern Pintail - 4
Green-winged Teal - 3
Surf Scoter - 19
dark-winged scoter - 21
scoter sp - 6
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 21
Horned Grebe - 7
Northern Gannet - 75
Brown Pelican - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 436
Great Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Laughing Gull - 808
Ring-billed Gull - 13
Herring Gull - 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 17
Forster's Tern - 413
Royal Tern - 73
Parasitic Jaeger - 6

(Total = 1,997)

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