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These data are preliminary and should be viewed as such. Final verified totals will be posted at the end of the season. These data are the property of New Jersey Audubon Society and may only be reproduced or used with specific written permission from NJAS. Contact New Jersey Audubon Society's Center for Research and Education regarding data requests.
Avalon Sea Watch, New Jersey, USA
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Species 2007 Total Record Total Peak/ Date
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Red-throated Loon 70006 73704 10348/18-Nov
Common Loon 1758 5066 323/18-Nov
Horned Grebe 188 388 25/14-Nov
Northern Gannet 115291 91951+ 7685/5-Dec
Great Cormorant 79 145 14/2-Oct
Double-crested Cormorant214428 240670 21303/8-Nov
Great Blue Heron 641 1530 118/12-Oct
Great Egret 630 822 315/12-Oct
Snowy Egret 406 487 275/12-Oct
Snow Goose 5953 17146 4893/12-Oct
Brant 4288 16558 1122/12-Oct
Canada Goose 4658 23242+ 876/13-Oct
Tundra Swan 41 601 14/25-Nov
Wood Duck 451 1607+ 73/4-Nov
Gadwall 22 93+ 5/15-Oct
American Wigeon 331 1037 58/17-Oct
American Black Duck 3439 4422 278/12-Nov
Mallard 462 620+ 79/12-Nov
Northern Pintail 1167 3601+ 216/23-Sep
Green-winged Teal 6917 11024 1976/26-Oct
Ring-necked Duck 191 350 36/31-Oct
Greater Scaup 1629 2259+ 181/16-Oct
Avalon Sea Watch, New Jersey, USA
------------------------------------------------------------ scaup,sp. 120 3667 30-------
Species 2007 Total Record Total Peak/ Date
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Lesser Scaup 1542 2960+ 206/2-Dec
Common Eider 123 169 38/25-Nov
Long-tailed Duck 2235 4159 294/17-Nov
Black Scoter 205601 256633 74998/25-Oct
Surf Scoter 200587 208857 69928/25-Oct
White-winged Scoter 1714 6126 251/18-Nov
dark-winged scoter 16077 160828 3286/9-Oct
unidentified scoter 68830 44900 14455/25-Oct
Common Goldeneye 67 290 13
Bufflehead 2309 2428 1063/17-Nov
Hooded Merganser 323 371 78/17-Nov
Red-breasted Merganser 2860 6439 523/19-Nov
Parasitic Jaeger 126 224 14/2-Oct
Laughing Gull 39053 33222 5787/19-Oct
Bonaparte's Gull 3269 8647 1174/2-Dec
Ring-billed Gull 13349 33340+ 2328/6-Dec
Herring Gull 5471 35169 766/10-Oct
Great Black-backed Gull 1726 2490 135/27-Oct
Black-legged Kittiwake 5 201 1/16-Oct
Forster's Tern 12086 14372 1441/14-Oct
Royal tern 1282 2631 295/23-Oct
Avalon Sea Watch, New Jersey, USA
------------------------------------------------------------ Monarch 5377 -- 4047/13-Oct-------
Species 2007 Total Record Total Peak/ Date
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Razorbill 5 13 2/18-Nov
Brown Pelican 446 302 76/2-Oct
Glossy Ibis 3 -- 3
Little Blue Heron 8 201 5
Blue-winged Teal 14 84 5
dabbler,sp. 47 -- 18
Aythya,sp. 346 -- 105/30-Nov
duck,sp. 22 -- 12
American Oystercatcher 740 -- 141/29-Sep
Lesser Black-backed Gull 5 18 1
Common Tern 1316 2803 516/27-Oct
Caspian Tern 24 96 12/29-Oct
Northern Shoveler 79 55 24/24-Nov
Black Skimmer 289 286 78/29-Sep
Ruddy Duck 52 72 22/14-Nov
Black-crowned Night-Heron 83 121 42
American Bittern 1 -- 1
Redhead 7 184 2
Harlequin Duck 5 13 3
American Woodcock 2 -- 1
Red-necked Grebe 5 15 2/19-Nov
Avalon Sea Watch, New Jersey, USA
------------------------------------------------------------ Greater Yellowlegs 3 -- 3-------
Species 2007 Total Record Total Peak/ Date
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Iceland Gull 1 3 1
Canvasback 5 -- 2
Black Tern 2 -- 1
MALL/ABDU Integrade 3 -- 1
Whimbrel 6 -- 6
King Eider 9 21 2
Common Merganser 3 12 1
Mute Swan 4 19 4
Pacific Loon 1 -- 1
Clapper Rail 1 -- 1
Belted Kingfisher 6 -- 2
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 5 -- 5
Killdeer 10 -- 9
Spotted Sandpiper 1 -- 1
American Golden-Plover 22 -- 21
Cackling Goose 1 -- 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 -- 2
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 -- 1
American Coot 1 -- 1
Barrow's Goldeneye 1 -- 1
Total 1015318 976213 162470/26-Oct
Total Species 99 99 34
Counter: Ken Behrens
Red-throated Loon - 73
Common Loon - 6
Horned Grebe - 2
Northern Gannet - 103
Great Cormorant - 1
American Black Duck - 7
Mallard - 1
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 1
Common Eider - 1
Long-tailed Duck - 39
Black Scoter - 174
Surf Scoter - 101
White-winged Scoter - 21
dark-winged scoter - 46
Red-breasted Merganser - 14
Bonaparte's Gull - 11
Ring-billed Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 5
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
American Oystercatcher - 4
Redhead - 2
Counter: Ken Behrens
Red-throated Loon - 170
Common Loon - 2
Northern Gannet - 89
Great Cormorant - 2
Brant - 2
Canada Goose - 12
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 10
Greater Scaup - 2
Common Eider - 3
Long-tailed Duck - 13
Black Scoter - 38
Surf Scoter - 72
White-winged Scoter - 65
dark-winged scoter - 5
Red-breasted Merganser - 40
Laughing Gull - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 39
Ring-billed Gull - 19
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Forster's Tern - 1
Counter: Chris Brown
Red-throated Loon - 112
Common Loon - 11
Northern Gannet - 26
Canada Goose - 760
Tundra Swan - 1
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 7
Greater Scaup - 11
Lesser Scaup - 19
Common Eider - 6
Long-tailed Duck - 26
Black Scoter - 171
Surf Scoter - 153
White-winged Scoter - 1
dark-winged scoter - 22
unidentified scoter - 270
Bufflehead - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 6
Bonaparte's Gull - 34
Ring-billed Gull - 38
Herring Gull - 34
Great Black-backed Gull - 18
- 2007 Sea Watch Totals, Part 1
- 2007 Sea Watch Totals, Part 2
- 2007 Sea Watch Totals, Part 3
- 2007 Sea Watch Totals, Part 4
- Sea Watch Count 12/20/07
- Sea Watch Count 12/19/07
- Sea Watch Count 12/18/07
- Sea Watch Count 12/17/07
- Sea Watch Count 12/16/07
- Sea Watch Count 12/15/07
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