Seawatch, 20 November 2015

It was another big Red-throated Loon day up at the Avalon Seawatch, with 11,360 tallied throughout the day. Also worth noting are the couple Black-legged Kittiwakes that decided to show off and the second Pomarine Jaeger for the season, which rested on the water just off-shore of the jetty.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 19,669
Total birds for the season: 669,234

	11/20	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	21	1,164
AMOY - American Oystercatcher	16	514
AMWI - American Wigeon	14	286
BBPL - Black-bellied Plover	7	1,520
BLKI - Black-legged Kittiwake	2	3
BLSC - Black Scoter	403	72,182
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	100	1,487
BRAN - Brant	700	4,339
BUFF - Bufflehead	4	1,030
COLO - Common Loon	31	1,658
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	18	183,430
DUNL - Dunlin	380	2,891
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	1,025	55,760
FOTE - Forster's Tern	517	17,714
FRGU - Franklin's Gull	1	85
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	28	1,051
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	21	1,104
GRCO - Great Cormorant	2	88
GREG - Great Egret	22	587
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	17	8,822
HERG - Herring Gull	653	5,823
HOGR - Horned Grebe	2	37
JAEGER-SP - Jaeger Species	4	21
KIEI - King Eider	1	5
LAGU - Laughing Gull	175	34,662
LESC - Lesser Scaup	2	775
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	3	177
MONARCH - Monarch Butterfly	1	--
NOGA - Northern Gannet	2,549	71,787
NOPI - Northern Pintail	15	1,136
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger	2	615
POJA - Pomarine Jaeger	1	2
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper	3	126
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	80	5,042
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	23	565
REKN - Red Knot	40	328
ROYT - Royal Tern	4	2,324
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	11,360	41,641
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone	10	156
SAND - Sanderling	20	2,487
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	691	32,425
SUSC - Surf Scoter	684	96,850
UNGU - Unidentified Gull, Gull Species	8	8
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	10	240