Seawatch, 24 November 2015

The 2015 season's first Snow Bunting was spotted up in Avalon today, along with only the 2nd Horned Lark of the season. Red-throated Loons also had a spectacular day, with over 13,000 seen from the Seawatch shack.
Counter: Tom Reed
Total for the day: 38,378
Total birds for the season: 748,544

	11/24	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	326	1,551
BLKI - Black-legged Kittiwake	1	14
BLSC - Black Scoter	7,488	87,133
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	2	1,500
BRAN - Brant	1	4,473
BUFF - Bufflehead	11	1,083
CANG - Canada Goose	6	100
COEI - Common Eider	2	30
COLO - Common Loon	7	1,724
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	56	184,554
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	1,059	63,479
FOTE - Forster's Tern	60	18,157
GADW - Gadwall	11	98
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	6	1,081
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	25	1,163
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	37	8,899
HERG - Herring Gull	9	6,759
HOGR - Horned Grebe	2	44
HOLA - Horned Lark	1	2
HOME - Hooded Merganser	45	86
LAGU - Laughing Gull	161	35,936
LESC - Lesser Scaup	3	796
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	11	232
MALL - Mallard	21	97
NOGA - Northern Gannet	4,316	78,485
NOPI - Northern Pintail	1	1,150
NSHO - Northern Shoveler	1	93
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	369	7,752
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	20	835
REDH - Redhead	27	161
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	13,123	62,261
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	9,276	46,119
SNBU - Snow Bunting	1	1
SUSC - Surf Scoter	1,614	103,727
UNDU - Duck Species	247	2,016
WODU - Wood Duck	7	937
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	25	297