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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Sea Watch, Sunday December 13, 2009
posted by Nick Metheny | 7:37 PM
Despite the rain and bit of a head wind their were birds still moving, though not nearly as many as yesterday's count.
There was no huge movement of gulls before the rain came in, and they did not seem inclined to start moving in big numbers once the rain arrived. It also seems the rest of the birds were of a same mind.
To pass the time and to fight off weather induced negative attitudes; a one man caroling concert was given to baffeled Buffelheads, Loons, and Long-tailed Ducks. It obviously did not do anything for the birds, but I enjoyed myself. And to pass the time for when the bird movement really slowed, a new Sea Watch song was composed to the tune of " The 12 Days of Christmas;" its called "The 12 Hours of Sea Watch." I will spare you the lyrics for now.
Here's the list of birds seen today:
Canada Goose 70
Brant 1
American Black Duck 14
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 8
Greater Scaup 5
Lesser Scaup 13
Common Eider 10
Surf Scoter 305
White-winged Scoter 24
Black Scoter 346
Dark-winged Scoter 10
Long-tailed Duck 76
Bufflehead 18
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 84
Red-throated Loon 242
Common Loon 13
Horned Grebe 4
Northern Gannet 260
Great Blue Heron 2
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 244
Herring Gull 140
Great Black-backed Gull 24
There was no huge movement of gulls before the rain came in, and they did not seem inclined to start moving in big numbers once the rain arrived. It also seems the rest of the birds were of a same mind.
To pass the time and to fight off weather induced negative attitudes; a one man caroling concert was given to baffeled Buffelheads, Loons, and Long-tailed Ducks. It obviously did not do anything for the birds, but I enjoyed myself. And to pass the time for when the bird movement really slowed, a new Sea Watch song was composed to the tune of " The 12 Days of Christmas;" its called "The 12 Hours of Sea Watch." I will spare you the lyrics for now.
Here's the list of birds seen today:
Canada Goose 70
Brant 1
American Black Duck 14
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal 8
Greater Scaup 5
Lesser Scaup 13
Common Eider 10
Surf Scoter 305
White-winged Scoter 24
Black Scoter 346
Dark-winged Scoter 10
Long-tailed Duck 76
Bufflehead 18
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 84
Red-throated Loon 242
Common Loon 13
Horned Grebe 4
Northern Gannet 260
Great Blue Heron 2
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 244
Herring Gull 140
Great Black-backed Gull 24
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