Seawatch, 4 November 2015

It was glorious Wednesday up at the Avalon Seawatch with warm weather, close Humpback Whales, and lots of birds! Only the 2nd Harlequin Duck of the season was spotted but Scoters were the birds of the day with 20,737 across the 3 species. The 12,282 Surf Scoters tallied throughout the day is a new single-day high count for the season!
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 33,916
Total birds for the season: 378,373

	11/04	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	5	522
AMOY - American Oystercatcher	26	423
AMPI - American Pipit	2	22
BBPL - Black-bellied Plover	5	1,371
BLSC - Black Scoter	4,331	27,549
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	20	81
BRAN - Brant	22	2,750
COLO - Common Loon	24	804
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	6,332	157,653
DUNL - Dunlin	250	838
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	3,651	21,965
FOTE - Forster's Tern	378	14,316
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	17	775
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	18	638
GRCO - Great Cormorant	4	65
GRSC - Greater Scaup	3	149
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	13	3,503
HARD - Harlequin Duck	1	2
HERG - Herring Gull	39	2,633
HOGR - Horned Grebe	3	17
LAGU - Laughing Gull	212	25,985
LESC - Lesser Scaup	61	288
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	3	26
NOGA - Northern Gannet	5,443	22,931
NOMO - Northern Mockingbird	1	5
NOPI - Northern Pintail	9	996
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger	14	511
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper	1	16
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	18	602
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	16	57
REDH - Redhead	11	42
REKN - Red Knot	3	194
ROYT - Royal Tern	22	2,171
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	148	1,253
RUDU - Ruddy Duck	4	56
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone	5	77
SAND - Sanderling	12	2,092
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	466	17,817
SUSC - Surf Scoter	12,282	52,227
UDEJ - Dark-eyed Junco	2	2
UYRW - Yellow-rumped Warbler	5	5
WODU - Wood Duck	27	478
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	7	63