Seawatch, 31 October 2015

Happy Halloween!! It was treat rather than trick this Halloween at the Avalon Seawatch with a decent flight throughout the day that included another Long-tailed Duck and strong Surf Scoter numbers.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 10,829
Total birds for the season: 326,563

	10/31	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	17	491
AMWI - American Wigeon	42	163
BBPL - Black-bellied Plover	9	1,364
BLSC - Black Scoter	179	22,235
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	1	23
COLO - Common Loon	6	670
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	4,736	148,184
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	1,121	17,137
FOTE - Forster's Tern	384	13,531
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	3	688
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	11	547
GRSC - Greater Scaup	3	104
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	122	3,207
HERG - Herring Gull	17	2,477
LAGU - Laughing Gull	493	25,241
LESC - Lesser Scaup	16	143
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	1	3
NOGA - Northern Gannet	331	12,011
NOPI - Northern Pintail	1	959
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger	4	451
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	1	513
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	3	34
REKN - Red Knot	1	191
RNGR - Red-necked Grebe	1	2
ROYT - Royal Tern	7	2,095
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	125	941
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	166	17,006
SUSC - Surf Scoter	3,024	36,074
UNDU - Duck Species	1	1,135
WODU - Wood Duck	2	302
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	1	55