Seawatch, 25 November 2015

Wednesday proved to be a strong day for Scoters, with 24,844 tallied across the three species. The Northern Gannet flight was also very strong, through very distant, early in the morning, with 5,641 counted before 10:00am! Also worth noting was the spotting of this season's first Razorbill.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 41,372
Total birds for the season: 789,916

	11/25	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	167	1,718
BBPL - Black-bellied Plover	20	1,548
BLKI - Black-legged Kittiwake	1	15
BLSC - Black Scoter	12,030	99,163
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	3	1,503
BRAN - Brant	1	4,474
COEI - Common Eider	9	39
COGO - Common Goldeneye	2	10
COLO - Common Loon	16	1,740
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	1,289	185,843
DUNL - Dunlin	120	3,271
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	3,483	66,962
FOTE - Forster's Tern	12	18,169
GADW - Gadwall	1	99
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	11	1,092
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	76	1,239
GRCO - Great Cormorant	1	92
GRSC - Greater Scaup	24	512
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	635	9,534
HERG - Herring Gull	87	6,846
HOGR - Horned Grebe	3	47
HOME - Hooded Merganser	4	90
KIEI - King Eider	1	6
LAGU - Laughing Gull	14	35,950
LESC - Lesser Scaup	64	860
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	19	251
NOGA - Northern Gannet	7,391	85,876
NOPI - Northern Pintail	1	1,151
NSHO - Northern Shoveler	36	129
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper	30	224
RAZO - Razorbill	1	1
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	545	8,297
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	62	897
RNGR - Red-necked Grebe	5	14
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	5,741	68,002
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone	9	185
SAND - Sanderling	25	2,535
SAVS - Savannah Sparrow	1	46
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	4,160	50,279
SULID-SP - Sulid Species	1	1
SUSC - Surf Scoter	5,114	108,841
UNDU - Duck Species	96	2,112
WESA - Western Sandpiper	1	35
WODU - Wood Duck	2	939
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	57	354
YRWA - Yellow-rumped Warbler	1	489