Seawatch, 2 November 2015

Monday was a fun day at the Avalon Seawatch with an unexpected flyby American Coot and a couple close-to-shore Humpback Whales putting on a show. Also worth noting are the new single day high counts for Common Loon (85), Horned Grebe (11) and Long-tailed Duck (13).
Counter: Tom Reed
Total for the day: 4,232
Total birds for the season: 334,049

	11/02	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	13	504
AMCO - American Coot	1	1
AMWI - American Wigeon	7	170
BLSC - Black Scoter	420	22,713
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	8	43
BRAN - Brant	5	2,706
BRPE - Brown Pelican	1	217
BUFF - Bufflehead	6	25
BWTE - Blue-winged Teal	1	16
COLO - Common Loon	85	770
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	1,319	149,571
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	298	17,953
FOTE - Forster's Tern	44	13,687
GADW - Gadwall	3	44
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	1	708
GBHE - Great Blue Heron	1	160
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	73	620
GRSC - Greater Scaup	17	133
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	3	3,219
HERG - Herring Gull	4	2,500
HOGR - Horned Grebe	11	14
LAGU - Laughing Gull	339	25,630
LESC - Lesser Scaup	3	222
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	13	21
MONARCH - Monarch Butterfly	5	--
NOGA - Northern Gannet	245	12,946
NOPI - Northern Pintail	28	987
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger	27	488
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	18	558
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	5	41
REDH - Redhead	13	31
RNDU - Ring-necked Duck	3	19
ROYT - Royal Tern	6	2,129
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	57	1,045
RUDU - Ruddy Duck	17	44
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	192	17,198
SUSC - Surf Scoter	878	38,333
UNDU - Duck Species	59	1,194
WODU - Wood Duck	8	312