Seawatch, 4 December 2015

It was a great day up at the Avalon Seawatch, with 13,652 Northern Gannets-- the second highest daily count for the species of the 2015 season. Also worth noting was the great Red-throated Loon flight with over 7,000 tallied throughout the day.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 23,680
Total birds for the season: 880,662

	12/04	Season Totals
ALCID-SP - Alcid Species	1	1
AMGO - American Goldfinch	1	48
BBPL - Black-bellied Plover	11	1,564
BLSC - Black Scoter	1,287	114,626
BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull	1	1,662
BRAN - Brant	33	5,738
BUFF - Bufflehead	2	1,129
COEI - Common Eider	2	49
COLO - Common Loon	10	1,831
DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant	84	187,082
DUNL - Dunlin	200	4,737
DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species	236	71,930
FOTE - Forster's Tern	13	18,312
GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull	14	1,274
GBHE - Great Blue Heron	2	259
GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup	16	1,352
GWTE - Green-winged Teal	9	10,195
HERG - Herring Gull	129	7,676
HOGR - Horned Grebe	2	50
LAGU - Laughing Gull	13	36,938
LESC - Lesser Scaup	1	879
SHB-SP -Shorebird Species	1	529
LTDU - Long-tailed Duck	58	370
NOGA - Northern Gannet	13,652	107,081
PEFA - Peregrine Falcon	1	42
PUSA - Purple Sandpiper	30	414
RBGU - Ring-billed Gull	155	10,826
RBME - Red-breasted Merganser	8	1,055
REKN - Red Knot	16	386
RTLO - Red-throated Loon	7,187	91,085
SAND - Sanderling	6	2,575
SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species	306	56,815
SNBU - Snow Bunting	2	5
SUSC - Surf Scoter	162	117,045
TUVU - Turkey Vulture	13	82
UNDU - Duck Species	3	2,283
WATERBI-SP - Waterbird Species	2	88
WILL - Willet	1	8
WODU - Wood Duck	9	948
YRWA - Yellow-rumped Warbler	1	495