There was a steady stream of migrants throughout the day at the Seawatch, with fair diversity and nice weather to boot. Scoters were numerous, particularly in the morning, while gannets and loons persisted for the entirety. Common Loon was particularly common; a season high of 238 was recorded, including two groups that contained over 20 individuals.
Some entertaining birds included a single Glossy Ibis that was mixed in with a flock of cormorants, a lone Lesser Black-backed Gull, and a handful of late-moving Common Terns. Other sights included a flyover Snow Bunting that added some flavor to a brief midday lull, and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo that was found by Josh Nemeth as it flew in from the ocean during the morning.
Brant - 91
Canada Goose - 46
Wood Duck - 21
American Black Duck - 62
Green-winged Teal - 68
Greater Scaup - 5
scaup, sp. - 4
aythya, sp. - 1
Surf Scoter - 3,898
White-winged Scoter - 9
Black Scoter - 2,596
dark-winged scoter - 2,274
scoter, sp. - 51
Red-breasted Merganser - 9
Red-throated Loon - 141
Common Loon - 238
Northern Gannet - 1,378
Double-crested Cormorant - 8,696
Great Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 88
Great Egret - 90
Snowy Egret - 5
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 10
Glossy Ibis - 1
Laughing Gull - 228
Bonaparte's Gull - 28
Ring-billed Gull - 458
Herring Gull - 153
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Common Tern - 4
Forster's Tern - 10
Royal Tern - 63
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
jaeger, sp. - 1
(Total = 20,742)
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