Avalon Seawatch, 2 November 2016

     Today's count was very pleasant with birds consistently flying by and beautiful warm weather. A total of 15,413 birds were counted today with the majority being Scoters, Cormorants, and Gannets. A more complete table of sightings and season totals is attached below or can be viewed here (http://www.trektellen.nl/count/view/1747/20161102).

Species	Count today	Season total	Season maximum
			Count	Date(s)
Black Duck	7	679	246	10/24/2016
Black Scoter	6134	41970	12174	11/1/2016
Black-bellied Plover	4	238	114	10/13/2016
Brant	6	663	253	10/24/2016
Brown Pelican	4	212	44	10/2/2016
Common Eider	3	19	4	10/30/2016
Common Loon	30	939	376	10/24/2016
Double-crested Cormorant	2849	96641	10151	10/11/2016
dowitcher sp.	3	3	3	11/2/2016
Forster's Tern	11	3797	490	10/6/2016
Great Black-backed Gull	10	507	48	10/21/2016
Great Blue Heron	1	375	213	10/24/2016
Great Egret	10	94	54	10/22/2016
Greater / Lesser Scaup	31	115	31	11/2/2016
Greater Scaup	28	164	51	11/1/2016
Green-winged Teal (American)	39	4116	1758	10/27/2016
Herring Gull	3	640	100	10/21/2016
Laughing Gull	148	15295	1592	11/1/2016
Lesser Scaup	7	60	25	11/1/2016
Mallard	15	68	32	10/24/2016
Monarch	4	595	381	10/24/2016
Northern Gannet	1094	15009	5320	11/1/2016
Northern Pintail	7	1884	668	10/18/2016
Red-throated Loon	141	1065	264	11/1/2016
Ring-billed Gull	18	589	131	10/24/2016
Ring-necked Duck	4	30	21	11/1/2016
Royal Tern	13	1228	240	11/1/2016
scoter sp.	57	11379	5825	11/1/2016
Snowy Egret	17	26	17	11/2/2016
Surf Scoter	4038	51387	10310	11/1/2016
Surf/Black Scoter	673	9866	4115	11/1/2016
Wood Duck	4	491	207	11/1/2016