Seawatch, 5 November 2015

Twas the day for Northern Gannets! 11,705 NOGAs were counted migrating past the Avalon Seawatch, with over 8,500 spotted in between 7:00 and 9:00 am! Another Harlequin Duck was found amongst a flock of Surf Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks continued their migration south.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 17,073
Total birds for the season: 395,446

	11/05	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	5	527
BBPL - Black-bellied Plover	20	1,391
BLSC - Black Scoter	604	28,153
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	6	87
BUFF - Bufflehead	2	29
COLO - Common Loon	38	842
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	191	157,844
DUNL - Dunlin	35	873
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	406	22,371
FOTE - Forster's Tern	525	14,841
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	7	782
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	9	647
GRCO - Great Cormorant	1	66
GRSC - Greater Scaup	3	152
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	141	3,644
HARD - Harlequin Duck	1	3
HERG - Herring Gull	335	2,968
HOGR - Horned Grebe	5	22
LAGU - Laughing Gull	128	26,113
LBBG - Lesser Black-backed Gull	3	30
LESC - Lesser Scaup	14	302
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	7	33
MERL - Merlin	1	13
NOGA - Northern Gannet	11,705	34,636
NOPI - Northern Pintail	9	1,005
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger	24	535
PEFA - Peregrine Falcon	1	40
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper	1	17
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	13	615
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	9	66
REDH - Redhead	18	60
ROYT - Royal Tern	29	2,200
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	85	1,338
SAND - Sanderling	200	2,292
STERNA-SP - Sterna Species	1	113
SUSC - Surf Scoter	2,486	54,763
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	5	68