Observer: Skye Haas
Species counted:
Brant - 1
Surf Scoter - 499
White-winged Scoter - 1
Black Scoter - 561
Dark-winged Scoter - 4
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 2
Northern Gannet - 9
Double-crested Cormorant - 9
Laughing Gull - 313
Herring Gull - 38
Great Black-backed Gull - 23
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Caspian Tern - 35
Common Tern - 2
Forster's Tern - 237
Royal Tern - 486
Black Skimmer - 1
Parasitic Jaeger - 43
Jaeger sp. - 1
American Oystercatcher - 11
Black-bellied Plover - 76
Semipalmated Plover - 15
Sanderling - 1,246
Dunlin - 86
Dowitcher sp. - 18
Redknot - 12
Ruddy Turnstone - 5
Calidris sp. - 55
Total: 3,791
A note from Skye:
Another interesting day at the Avalon Seawatch, but then again, aren't they all? The day was a bit light on the ducks (other then just over a thousand scoters), but notable was a strong movement of gulls, terns and jaegers. Both Laughing Gull and Forster's Terns saw decent pulses of activity, but the bird of the day was Royal Tern with a robust 486 migrating past the Seawatch. Caspian Terns also had a decent day and the 3rd Lesser Black-backed Gull of the fall was seen. Jaegers continue to be seen in excellent numbers with 44 recorded today. This puts us at over 200 jaegers for the season; already making 2014 the 3rd highest jaeger fall in Seawatch history! It should be interesting to see if this season continues to be good for jaeger sightings or if it fizzles out before coming close to last year's amazing 662 jaegers!
Also notable today was the first decent shorebird movement in a week, with several Red Knots being seen and surprising 18 Dowitchers.
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| Forster's Tern. [Photo bye Skye Haas.] |
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| Royal Tern. [Photo by Mike Kilpatrick.] |
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