Avalon Seawatch, 7 December 2016

     Today's north winds brought cloudy skies, misty precipitation, and few birds. A total of 2,269 birds were counted with slight pulses of Scoters and Loons in the afternoon. Snow Goose and Tundra Swan were seen flying high overhead and Purple Sandpiper fed along the jetty rocks. Attached below is a more complete breakdown of today's sightings and the season totals.

Species	Count today	Season total	Season maximum
			Count	Date(s)
Black Duck	4	1447	246	10/24/2016
Black Scoter	689	175071	15583	11/24/2016
Brant	13	2452	305	11/23/2016
Common Eider	1	88	18	12/5/2016
Common Loon	3	1429	376	10/24/2016
Double-crested Cormorant	34	146755	10151	10/11/2016
Great Black-backed Gull	7	811	48	10/21/2016
Greater Scaup	12	737	101	11/5/2016
Herring Gull	3	1551	197	11/24/2016
Horned Grebe	1	55	18	11/22/2016
Laughing Gull	4	19307	1592	11/1/2016
Lesser Scaup	2	540	89	11/5/2016
Long-tailed Duck	14	380	144	11/22/2016
Northern Gannet	105	57854	6143	11/24/2016
Northern Pintail	1	2116	668	10/18/2016
Red-breasted Merganser	16	640	122	12/5/2016
Red-throated Loon	278	66132	7293	11/24/2016
Ring-billed Gull	17	7132	1515	11/22/2016
Royal Tern	1	1440	240	11/1/2016
scoter sp.	74	39996	6858	11/7/2016
Snow Goose	27	261	166	12/5/2016
Surf Scoter	572	90565	10310	11/1/2016
Surf/Black Scoter	378	33105	4115	11/1/2016
Tundra Swan	11	79	33	11/21/2016