Seawatch, 19 October 2015

Counter Tom Reed had his work cut out for him Monday, but the flyby Pacific Loon was a nice treat. Monday proved to be the largest flight at the Avalon Seawatch so far this season, with 44,586 birds. The single-day record for Double-crested Cormorants was broken with 25,217 birds. The previous DCCO single-day record was 24,637 set on November 12, 2008. Also worth noting was the first big push of Black Scoters, with 3,234 birds, which is over half of all the Black Scoters we have seen since the season began! 17,231 Scoter Sp were tallied all day. A big thank you to Scott McConnell for his help and all-day company! Seawatch is definitely heating up, come check us out at the new location between 8th & 9th street in Avalon!
Counter: Tom Reed
Total for the day: 44,586
Total birds for the season: 147,098

	10/19	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	143	286
AMWI - American Wigeon	20	49
BLSC - Black Scoter	3,234	8,389
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	1	3
BRAN - Brant	231	1,996
CANG - Canada Goose	8	40
CATE - Caspian Tern	1	222
COLO - Common Loon	82	220
COTE - Common Tern	2	126
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	25,217	76,249
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	590	7,118
FOTE - Forster's Tern	154	154
GRCO - Great Cormorant	3	50
GRSC - Greater Scaup	2	13
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	312	1,031
HERG - Herring Gull	154	1,611
LAGU - Laughing Gull	519	4,682
LESC - Lesser Scaup	2	35
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	1	1
MALL - Mallard	2	29
MONARCH - Monarch Butterfly	4	--
NOGA - Northern Gannet	17	678
NOHA - Northern Harrier	2	10
NOPI - Northern Pintail	43	746
NSHO - Northern Shoveler	3	8
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger	2	256
PALO - Pacific Loon	1	1
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	66	149
ROYT - Royal Tern	64	1,561
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	85	190
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	10,166	12,867
SUSC - Surf Scoter	3,241	5,049
UNDU - Duck Species	150	1,032
WODU - Wood Duck	65	168
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	3	20