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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Sea Watch, Wednesday December 2, 2009
posted by Nick Metheny | 6:11 PM
We are in the final weeks of the Sea Watch and we are looking forward to any alcids that might show up. Unfortunately, today was not an alcid day, but we did have a few things of note.
A Harlequin Duck landed by the jetty again today; we had a late showing of Pintail; we had a late Parasitic Jaeger and late flocks of Cormorants; we more than doubled our total Shoveler count for the year in one flock of 15; and we set a new season record for White-winged Scoter in one day of 91.
Here is the lost of birds seen today:
Brant 2
American Black Duck 1
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 61
Greater Scaup 6
Lesser Scaup 43
Common Eider 20
Surf Scoter 537
White-winged Scoter 91
Black Scoter 594
Long-tailed Duck 20
Buffelhead 42
Red-breasted Merganser 43
Red-throated Loon 2557
Common Loon 16
Horned Grebe 3
Northern Gannet 840
Double-crested Cormorant 42
Laughing Gull 24
Ring-billed Gull 246
Herring Gull 143
Great Black-backed Gull 55
Parasitic Jaeger 1
A Harlequin Duck landed by the jetty again today; we had a late showing of Pintail; we had a late Parasitic Jaeger and late flocks of Cormorants; we more than doubled our total Shoveler count for the year in one flock of 15; and we set a new season record for White-winged Scoter in one day of 91.
Here is the lost of birds seen today:
Brant 2
American Black Duck 1
Northern Shoveler 15
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 61
Greater Scaup 6
Lesser Scaup 43
Common Eider 20
Surf Scoter 537
White-winged Scoter 91
Black Scoter 594
Long-tailed Duck 20
Buffelhead 42
Red-breasted Merganser 43
Red-throated Loon 2557
Common Loon 16
Horned Grebe 3
Northern Gannet 840
Double-crested Cormorant 42
Laughing Gull 24
Ring-billed Gull 246
Herring Gull 143
Great Black-backed Gull 55
Parasitic Jaeger 1
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