Saturday at the Avalon Seawatch experienced this season's daily high count for Bonaparte's Gulls with 1,590.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 3,985
Total birds for the season: 1,013,034
| 12/19 | Season Totals |
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| ABDU - American Black Duck | 11 | 1,872 |
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| BLSC - Black Scoter | 39 | 149,512 |
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| BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull | 1,590 | 3,623 |
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| BRAN - Brant | 10 | 6,093 |
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| BUFF - Bufflehead | 1 | 1,165 |
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| CANG - Canada Goose | 15 | 1,116 |
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| CASW - Cave Swallow | 1 | 5 |
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| COGO - Common Goldeneye | 1 | 28 |
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| COLO - Common Loon | 1 | 1,882 |
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| DCCO - Double-crested Cormorant | 24 | 187,798 |
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| DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species | 84 | 80,299 |
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| GRCO - Great Cormorant | 1 | 104 |
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| GRSC - Greater Scaup | 7 | 628 |
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| HERG - Herring Gull | 114 | 9,769 |
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| LBBG - Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | 59 |
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| LESC - Lesser Scaup | 5 | 906 |
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| ALCID-SP - Alcid Species | 2 | 6 |
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| LTDU - Long-tailed Duck | 56 | 1,357 |
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| NOGA - Northern Gannet | 482 | 145,220 |
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| RBGU - Ring-billed Gull | 686 | 13,724 |
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| RBME - Red-breasted Merganser | 9 | 1,334 |
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| RTLO - Red-throated Loon | 233 | 106,191 |
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| SAVS - Savannah Sparrow | 2 | 51 |
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| SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species | 9 | 62,206 |
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| SNGO - Snow Goose | 559 | 2,309 |
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| SUSC - Surf Scoter | 27 | 128,143 |
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| WATERBI-SP - Waterbird Species | 12 | 131 |
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| WWSC - White-winged Scoter | 3 | 764 |
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The last Friday of the Avalon Seawatch season brought us the first Glaucous Gull of the 2015 count, as well as a late season Cave Swallow.
Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 3,146
Total birds for the season: 1,009,049
| 12/18 | Season Totals |
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| AMGO - American Goldfinch | 1 | 50 |
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| BBPL - Black-bellied Plover | 21 | 1,597 |
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| BLSC - Black Scoter | 206 | 149,473 |
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| BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull | 50 | 2,033 |
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| BRAN - Brant | 157 | 6,083 |
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| BUFF - Bufflehead | 3 | 1,164 |
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| CANG - Canada Goose | 7 | 1,101 |
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| CASW - Cave Swallow | 1 | 4 |
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| COEI - Common Eider | 1 | 67 |
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| COLO - Common Loon | 1 | 1,881 |
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| DUNL - Dunlin | 500 | 8,647 |
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| DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species | 193 | 80,215 |
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| GADW - Gadwall | 1 | 101 |
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| GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull | 2 | 1,453 |
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| GLGU - Glaucous Gull | 1 | 1 |
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| GLSC - Greater/Lesser Scaup | 4 | 1,394 |
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| GRCO - Great Cormorant | 2 | 103 |
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| GRSC - Greater Scaup | 6 | 621 |
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| HERG - Herring Gull | 33 | 9,655 |
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| HOGR - Horned Grebe | 1 | 95 |
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| LAGU - Laughing Gull | 6 | 38,588 |
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| LESC - Lesser Scaup | 3 | 901 |
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| ALCID-SP - Alcid Species | 1 | 4 |
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| LTDU - Long-tailed Duck | 124 | 1,301 |
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| NOGA - Northern Gannet | 515 | 144,738 |
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| PUSA - Purple Sandpiper | 45 | 632 |
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| RAZO - Razorbill | 4 | 41 |
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| RBGU - Ring-billed Gull | 29 | 13,038 |
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| RBME - Red-breasted Merganser | 38 | 1,325 |
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| RTLO - Red-throated Loon | 1,010 | 105,958 |
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| RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 210 |
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| SAND - Sanderling | 8 | 2,659 |
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| SCOTER-SP - Scoter Species | 32 | 62,197 |
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| SNGO - Snow Goose | 4 | 1,750 |
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| SUSC - Surf Scoter | 113 | 128,116 |
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| SHOREBI-SP - Shorebird Species | 4 | 533 |
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| WATERBI-SP - Waterbird Species | 6 | 119 |
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| WWSC - White-winged Scoter | 11 | 761 |
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Counter: Skye Haas
Total for the day: 4,098
Total birds for the season: 1,005,903
| 12/17 | Season Totals |
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| BLSC - Black Scoter | 2,271 | 149,267 |
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| BOGU - Bonaparte's Gull | 1 | 1,983 |
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| BRAN - Brant | 69 | 5,926 |
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| COEI - Common Eider | 8 | 66 |
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| COLO - Common Loon | 2 | 1,880 |
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| DUNL - Dunlin | 60 | 8,147 |
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| DWSC-SP - Surf/Black (Dark-winged) Scoter Species | 150 | 80,022 |
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| GBBG - Great Black-backed Gull | 6 | 1,451 |
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| GRCO - Great Cormorant | 1 | 101 |
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| GRSC - Greater Scaup | 1 | 615 |
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| HERG - Herring Gull | 32 | 9,622 |
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| LAGU - Laughing Gull | 17 | 38,582 |
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| LBBG - Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | 58 |
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| LTDU - Long-tailed Duck | 12 | 1,177 |
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| NOGA - Northern Gannet | 239 | 144,223 |
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| PUSA - Purple Sandpiper | 49 | 587 |
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| RAZO - Razorbill | 6 | 37 |
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| RBGU - Ring-billed Gull | 19 | 13,009 |
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| RBME - Red-breasted Merganser | 27 | 1,287 |
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| RNGR - Red-necked Grebe | 1 | 16 |
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| RTLO - Red-throated Loon | 497 | 104,948 |
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| RUTU - Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 209 |
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| SAND - Sanderling | 11 | 2,651 |
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| SUSC - Surf Scoter | 591 | 128,002 |
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| WWSC - White-winged Scoter | 26 | 750 |
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