Seawatch - 24 September 2014

Observation time: 0547 - 1853
Observer: Skye Haas

Species observed:
American Black Duck – 2
Dabbler sp. – 5
Surf Scoter – 1
Black Scoter – 11
Common Loon – 2
Northern Gannet – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 94
Laughing Gull – 135
Bonaparte’s Gull – 9
Ring-billed Gull – 14
Herring Gull – 36
Greater Black-backed Gull – 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull – 1
Caspian Tern – 8
Common Tern – 1
Forster’s Tern – 7
Royal Tern – 6
Tern sp. – 14
Jaeger sp. – 1
American Oystercatcher – 2
Ruddy Turnstone – 3
Calidris sp. – 3

Total: 381

It was a windy day at the Seawatch, and not too much was flying past during the first couple of hours. A small Laughing Gull flight occurred, not quite as heavy as Tuesday's 1000+ birds. Highlights included an early flock of Bonaparte's Gulls, a distant jaeger, and a young Gannet. Also notable, was a flock of 1500+ Tree Swallows foraging over the inlet. 


[One of many migrating Laughing Gulls counted at the Seawatch. Photo by Skye Haas.]

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