Avalon Seawatch, 17 December 2016

Only 222 birds flew by the Avalon seawatch today.  It was very rainy for most of the day with winds that blew from the southeast. The top three species observed were long-tailed duck, surf scoter, and red-breasted merganser.  Check out the full set of data below.

 

Avalon Seawatch count for 12/17/2016
Species	Count today	Season total	Season maximum
			Count	Date(s)
Black Scoter	22	181164	15583	11/24/2016
Black-bellied Plover	1	277	114	10/13/2016
Bufflehead	2	3511	1803	11/21/2016
Common Loon	4	1477	376	10/24/2016
Dunlin	9	136	93	10/13/2016
Great Black-backed Gull	3	879	54	12/12/2016
Greater Scaup	2	877	102	12/15/2016
Herring Gull	9	1588	197	11/24/2016
Long-tailed Duck	40	757	160	12/16/2016
Northern Gannet	4	60921	6143	11/24/2016
Purple Sandpiper	6	6	6	12/17/2016
Red-breasted Merganser	29	856	122	12/5/2016
Red-throated Loon	16	68861	7293	11/24/2016
Ring-billed Gull	8	7840	1515	11/22/2016
Ruddy Turnstone	3	9	3	9/24/2016 11/6/2016 12/17/2016
Sanderling	3	544	166	10/13/2016
Snow Goose	7	384	166	12/5/2016
Surf Scoter	35	91971	10310	11/1/2016
Surf/Black Scoter	19	34649	4115	11/1/2016

Visit us between 8th and 9th street at Avalon to do some seawatching!