Seawatch, 16 December 2015

With a week remaining in the season, the big flight days keep coming! Wednesday up at the Avalon Seawatch saw a great smattering of ducks, a strong Northern Gannet flight, and over 8,679 scoters across the 3 species.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 16,902
Total birds for the season: 1,001,805

	12/16	Season Totals
ABDU - American Black Duck	2	1,861
BLSC - Black Scoter	5,243	146,996
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	16	1,982
BRAN - Brant	66	5,857
BUFF - Bufflehead	5	1,161
COGO - Common Goldeneye	1	27
COLO - Common Loon	4	1,878
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	62	187,774
DUNL - Dunlin	400	8,087
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	1,565	79,872
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	11	1,445
GBHE - Great Blue Heron	3	265
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	6	1,390
GRCO - Great Cormorant	1	100
GRSC - Greater Scaup	14	614
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	4	10,212
HERG - Herring Gull	178	9,590
HOGR - Horned Grebe	3	94
LAGU - Laughing Gull	13	38,565
LESC - Lesser Scaup	1	898
ALCID-SP - Alcid Species	1	3
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	98	1,165
NOGA - Northern Gannet	5,558	143,984
PEFA - Peregrine Falcon	1	44
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper	54	538
RAZO - Razorbill	1	31
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	39	12,990
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	40	1,260
REKN - Red Knot	1	477
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	1,604	104,451
RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone	2	208
SAND - Sanderling	10	2,640
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	496	62,165
SUSC - Surf Scoter	1,281	127,411
UNDU - Duck Species	21	2,315
WODU - Wood Duck	3	953
WWSC - White-winged Scoter	94	724