Checklist S39338483

Observations

1. Canada Goose

   Number observed:  6

2. American Black Duck

   Number observed:  3

3. Green-winged Teal

   Number observed:  1

4. Black Scoter

   Number observed:  35

5. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

   Number observed:  15

   Exotic: Naturalized

6. American Oystercatcher

   Number observed:  21

7. Black-bellied Plover

   Number observed:  1

8. Semipalmated Plover

   Number observed:  6

9. Ruddy Turnstone

   Number observed:  2

10. Sanderling

    Number observed:  20

11. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  3

12. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  100

13. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  10

14. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  40

15. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  120

16. Lesser Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  1

17. Black Skimmer

    Number observed:  1

18. Caspian Tern

    Number observed:  3

19. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  30

20. Common Tern

    Number observed:  4

21. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  20

22. Common Loon

    Number observed:  2

23. Manx Shearwater

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *Rare from land; second Avalon Seawatch record. Photos. Northbound in close to jetty. Potentially same or second bird (shearwater sp.) heading south later, very distant and shearing below the horizon. Spotted by Brett both times.
    
    [Defaulted to Great in the field, didn't look closely at photos until I got home. White saddlebags and lack of white collar point away from Great. White undertail coverts eliminate Audubon's.]

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24. Northern Gannet

    Number observed:  3

25. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  2936

    Details

    Exact count of southbound birds.

26. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)

    Number observed:  20

27. Brown Pelican (Atlantic)

    Number observed:  6

28. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  3

29. Osprey (American)

    Number observed:  12

30. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  1

31. Belted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

32. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  28

33. Merlin (Taiga)

    Number observed:  8

34. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  2

35. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  600

36. Northern Mockingbird

    Number observed:  1

37. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  1

38. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  4

39. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  80

40. Palm Warbler (Western)

    Number observed:  1