While the season is clearly winding down at this point, this past week had a series of slow but steady days, dominated, as expected, by Red-throated Loons and Northern Gannets with a smattering of scoters. The weekend had a small peak, hitting around 6000 birds Saturday and 5000 birds Sunday, while the rest of the week was around 2000 birds each day. Another 20 Common Eiders headed south this week, continuing a nice near-daily showing of this species. Long-tailed Ducks and Red-breasted Mergansers continue to come by in small numbers; we're still due for a more sizeable push of these species.
One fun sighting on Friday was a male American Kestrel that picked a small mammal off the jetty, then landed with it on the snow fencing to the south of the shack and preceded to pick it apart. A notable push of 240 Laughing Gulls occurred on Sunday, the biggest movement in well over a month. Despite strong south winds, Tuesday was the slowest day of the week, only highlighted by a Razorbill early in the morning.
In non-bird news, a Humpback Whale that was first seen on Wednesday continued through the weekend, relatively close in the inlet. A very late Monarch butterfly also headed south past the Seawatch on Monday.
Check out the totals below, and click the day to see the full breakdown:
Friday: 2435
Saturday: 6348
Sunday: 4870
Monday: 2232
Tuesday: 2229
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