SeaWatch at Schoodic Point

[Seth Benz]

Today's flight on lite SSW to W winds produced the following flight:

981 Northern Gannet

431 Common Eider

366 D.c. Cormorant

   6  Great Cormorant

41   Common Loon

3     Red-throated Loon

41   Surf Scoter

37   Black Scoter

  4   White-winged Scoter

14   Scoter sp.

  1   Caspian Tern

We conduct daily counts for 5 hours starting at sunrise.  The majority of birds today occurred from 7 to 9:30 AM.  Gannets during that time were within a stone's throw of the shore, easily countable without optical aid. That phenomenon is a rarity.

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