Avalon Seawatch, 4 November 2016

    The morning sky was full of chaos, with Northern Gannets, Red Throated Loons, and shorebirds flying in all directions. Surf and Black Scoters were very distant at first but moved closer into view by the end of the day. Today's total count came in at 20,222 birds! Attached is a more comprehensive list of today's sightings and the seasons totals.

Species	Count today	Season total	Season maximum
			Count	Date(s)
American Oystercatcher	12	243	49	10/24/2016
Black Duck	15	694	246	10/24/2016
Black Scoter	7022	50195	12174	11/1/2016
Brant	82	745	253	10/24/2016
Bufflehead	6	12	6	11/4/2016
Canada Goose	5	335	125	10/24/2016
Common Eider	2	21	4	10/30/2016
Common Loon	12	957	376	10/24/2016
Double-crested Cormorant	4237	101204	10151	10/11/2016
duck sp.	4	25	17	10/31/2016
Forster's Tern	213	4047	490	10/6/2016
Great Black-backed Gull	12	531	48	10/21/2016
Great Egret	17	111	54	10/22/2016
Greater / Lesser Scaup	6	121	31	11/2/2016
Greater Scaup	1	188	51	11/1/2016
Green-winged Teal (American)	32	4195	1758	10/27/2016
Herring Gull	15	729	100	10/21/2016
Laughing Gull	302	15718	1592	11/1/2016
Lesser Scaup	10	73	25	11/1/2016
Long-tailed Duck	2	23	12	11/1/2016
Mallard	5	73	32	10/24/2016
Monarch	2	606	381	10/24/2016
Northern Gannet	1104	16642	5320	11/1/2016
Northern Pintail	6	1890	668	10/18/2016
Parasitic Jaeger	2	131	20	10/27/2016
Red-breasted Merganser	1	39	16	11/1/2016
Red-throated Loon	361	1485	361	11/4/2016
Royal Tern	11	1251	240	11/1/2016
Ruddy Duck	1	5	4	10/2/2016
scoter sp.	68	11447	5825	11/1/2016
Snow Goose	1	17	13	10/29/2016
Surf Scoter	4127	57913	10310	11/1/2016
Surf/Black Scoter	2494	12633	4115	11/1/2016
Wood Duck	32	523	207	11/1/2016