Avalon Seawatch

Things are starting to pickup in Avalon at the Seawatch. The past couple of days have seen good numbers of gulls and cormorants moving, and the ducks are starting to pickup. The first American Wigeon, Wood Duck, and Lesser Scaup were seen, and one Parasitic Jaeger flew by on 5th. Fout Brown Pelicans and the first White-winged Sctoers were recorded on the 6th.

Monarchs have been on the move as well, and the numbers were amazing on the 5th. I would take an educated guess and say that some 5,000 plus flew by on the 5th and the 6th was much less, but still at least a 1,000 moved on by.

5 October 2011

Canada Goose - 40

Brant - 48

Wood Duck - 17

American Wigeon - 8

American Black Duck - 13

Mallard - 6

Green-winged Teal - 18

Lesser Scaup - 1

Surf Scoter - 12

Black Scoter - 59

Dark winged scoter - 10

Common Loon - 18

Double-crested Cormorant - 3214

Great Blue Heron - 37

Laughing Gull - 338

Ring-billed Gull - 3

Herring Gull - 23

Great Black-backed Gull - 20

Common Tern - 14

Forster's Tern - 102

Royal Tern - 28

Parasitic Jaeger - 1

Glossy Ibis - 8

Total - 4038

6 October 2011

Brant - 3

Wood Duck - 8

American Black Duck - 42

Mallard - 3

Northern Pintail - 35

Green-winged Teal - 76

Scaup Sp. - 10

Surf Scoter - 27

White-winged Scoter - 2

Black Scoter - 55

Dark winged scoter - 11

Red-throated Loon - 1

Common Loon - 23

Northern Gannet - 1

Brown Pelican - 4

Double-crested Cormorant - 9212

Great Blue Heron - 6

Laughing Gull - 406

Ring-billed Gull - 6

Herring Gull - 189

Great Black-backed Gull - 116

Common Tern - 3

Forster's Tern - 203

Royal Tern - 22

Total - 10439