Peak season has certainly arrived at the Seawatch, as evidenced again by today's flight. Double-crested Cormorants and Surf Scoters ruled the day, while Wood Duck and Common Loon put in respectable showings, and our first "flocks" of Red-throated Loons also arrived. An early Long-tailed Duck was an afternoon highlight, and a strong late-day scoter flight made for a great show as many large flocks passed by close to the seawall. The Bird of the Day Award goes to the "Black" Brant that flew by at close range with a flock of its pale-bellied cousins late in the morning. It was the second record of this subspecies from the seawatch.
Totals:
Brant - 385
"Black" Brant - 1
Canada Goose - 33
Wood Duck - 83
American Black Duck - 20
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Northern Pintail - 3
Green-winged Teal - 55
Greater Scaup - 11
Lesser Scaup - 1
Surf Scoter - 7,569
White-winged Scoter - 18
Black Scoter - 2,304
dark-winged scoter - 1,029
Long-tailed Duck - 1
Red-throated Loon - 27
Common Loon - 122
Horned Grebe - 3
Northern Gannet - 74
Brown Pelican - 40
Double-crested Cormorant - 13,957
Great Blue Heron - 34
Great Egret - 1
Laughing Gull - 504
Ring-billed Gull - 16
Herring Gull - 33
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 10
Common Tern - 2
Forster's Tern - 18
Royal Tern - 2
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
(Total = 26,359)
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