Avalon Seawatch, 11 December 2016

It was a very chilling day at the Avalon seawatch; we even had some snow flurries in the morning!  The highlight from the day was the switch in wind from a northern to a southwesterly direction, which brought with it a solid flight of scoter species.  Red-throated loons were also consistently flying throughout the day.  The total number of birds seen today was 4,782.  

 

Avalon Seawatch count for 12/11/2016
Species	Count today	Season total	Season maximum
			Count	Date(s)
American Oystercatcher	19	331	49	10/24/2016
Black Duck	76	1652	246	10/24/2016
Black Scoter	2454	178831	15583	11/24/2016
Brant	5	2580	305	11/23/2016
Bufflehead	16	3464	1803	11/21/2016
Canada Goose	32	8637	7008	12/10/2016
Common Eider	9	98	18	12/5/2016
Common Loon	3	1446	376	10/24/2016
Double-crested Cormorant	208	147833	10151	10/11/2016
Great Black-backed Gull	1	818	48	10/21/2016
Iceland Gull	1	2	1	11/26/2016 12/11/2016
Lesser Scaup	4	550	89	11/5/2016
Long-tailed Duck	66	504	144	11/22/2016
Mallard	26	344	85	12/10/2016
Northern Gannet	82	59249	6143	11/24/2016
Red-breasted Merganser	33	740	122	12/5/2016
Red-throated Loon	508	67114	7293	11/24/2016
Ring-billed Gull	34	7404	1515	11/22/2016
scoter sp.	603	41524	6858	11/7/2016
Surf Scoter	264	91366	10310	11/1/2016
Surf/Black Scoter	338	33983	4115	11/1/2016

Visit us everyday, sunrise to sunset, on the beach between 8th and 9th street in Avalon.