Avalon Seawatch - 16 November 2011

Even though there was rain most of the day, the birds birds still flew. In the morning before the heaviest rain started a female King Eider flew past with a male Long-tailed Duck, giving an excellent view. Then about a half hour later two Razorbills flew past and gave an absolutely crippling look! At the end of the day a mixed flock of terns and gulls provided a Black-headed Gull to the tally. So, if you want to brave a rainy day at the Seawatch, it can be very rewarding.

Mallard - 2

Northern Pintail - 1

Green-winged Teal - 3

Greater Scaup - 5

King Eider - 1

Surf Scoter - 507

White-winged Scoter - 9

Black Scoter - 1066

dark-winged scoter - 84

Long-tailed Duck - 3

Red-breasted Merganser - 28

Ruddy Duck - 2

Red-throated Loon - 143

Common Loon - 5

Horned Grebe - 1

Northern Gannet - 1268

Laughing Gull - 84

Bonaparte's Gull - 92

Black-headed Gull - 1

Ring-billed Gull - 32

Herring Gull - 22

Great Black-backed Gull - 27

Forster's Tern - 74

Royal Tern - 3

Razorbill - 2

Total - 3465