Seawatch, 9 November 2015

What a day, what a day! Monday migration madness at the Avalon Seawatch with 17 duck species and 41 species overall. We had big movements of Green-winged Teals, Bonaparte's Gulls, and Red-throated Loons. The first Hooded Mergansers of the 2015 season were spotted and a total of 15,289 Scoters were counted throughout the day spread amongst the 3 species.
Counter: Glen Davis
Total for the day: 25,350
Total birds for the season: 468,403

	11/09	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	75	646
AMWI - American Wigeon	21	195
BBPL - Black-bellied Plover	1	1,475
BLSC - Black Scoter	3,234	32,366
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	224	353
BRAN - Brant	45	3,026
BUFF - Bufflehead	83	347
COEI - Common Eider	1	13
COLO - Common Loon	77	991
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	1,567	169,671
DUNL - Dunlin	165	1,765
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	5,025	31,029
FOTE - Forster's Tern	96	15,635
GADW - Gadwall	21	65
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	22	853
GBHE - Great Blue Heron	60	225
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	152	956
GRCO - Great Cormorant	1	71
GREG - Great Egret	2	542
GRSC - Greater Scaup	232	401
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	2,906	6,790
HERG - Herring Gull	221	3,699
HOME - Hooded Merganser	7	7
LAGU - Laughing Gull	484	28,177
LESC - Lesser Scaup	92	624
LOON-SP - Loon Species	1	3
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	10	104
MALL - Mallard	7	48
NOGA - Northern Gannet	1,523	58,187
NOPI - Northern Pintail	38	1,047
NSHO - Northern Shoveler	25	72
PAJA - Parasitic Jaeger	22	578
PUFI - Purple Finch	1	2
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	514	1,207
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	67	174
REDH - Redhead	15	76
REKN - Red Knot	17	215
RNDU - Ring-necked Duck	2	22
ROYT - Royal Tern	7	2,269
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	959	3,058
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	195	18,155
SUSC - Surf Scoter	6,799	65,540
UNDU - Duck Species	135	1,517
WODU - Wood Duck	158	807
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	36	133
YRWA - Yellow-rumped Warbler	5	484