Seawatch, 22 December 2015

It was a wet and windy day to close out the 2015 Avalon Seawatch season. Overall, there were 167 species (+14 additional taxa) spotted between September and December from the new location. A huge thank you to everyone who visited and volunteered their time--the count wouldn't be the same without you. Be sure to check out the 2016 Peregrine Observer for official count numbers and a full write-up of the season. Until next year!

Counter: Tom Reed
Total for the day: 2,334
Total birds for the season: 1,030,865

	12/22	Season Totals
UNDU-SP - Duck Species	7	2,341
BLKI - Black-legged Kittiwake	1	26
BLSC - Black Scoter	78	150,646
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	1	8,589
COLO - Common Loon	1	1,892
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	9	80,430
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	10	1,492
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	13	1,428
HERG - Herring Gull	5	9,928
LAGU - Laughing Gull	2	38,612
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	45	1,635
NOGA - Northern Gannet	1,748	152,643
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	32	14,521
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	20	1,421
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	233	107,333
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	5	63,038
SUSC - Surf Scoter	124	128,519