Fair movement of birds for light easterly winds. Mostly cloudy with some sun made for terrific lighting and observation conditions.
Partial list:
Long-tailed ducks 31
Common Loon 32
Black Scoter 60
White-winged Scoter 14 (one immature bird was in near shore waters with eider)
Scoter sp. 8
Common Eider 124 (moving through). There were another 30-50 loafing along the near shore.
Red-necked Grebe 1 (4 others were in near shore group near eiders)
Northern Gannets 4 (counted as migrants today) Some 15-25 additional birds were milling back and forth throughout the count period.
Great Cormorants 8 non-migrants
Double-crested Co. 11
Unidentified seabirds 28
Other: Northern Harrier 2 (well out over open water)
Snow Buntings 20
Peregrine 1 (adult bird carrying prey item which looked like small song bird)
Merlin 1
Common Raven 1
Yellow-rumped warbler 1
Harbor porpoise 12
Gray Seal 1
Tomorrow, 7 - 9 AM: Rich MacDonald will be doing a sea watch at Otter Cliff on MDI along ANP auto loop. He'll be stationed on the walking path below the retaining wall.
A concurrent effort will be at Schoodic Point. We will have radio contact for experiment sake. We encourage others to join us or do a sea watch count at your favorite spot!
Seth Benz
207-288-1350 work
207-322-8549 cell
Connecting science, education, parks, and people in partnership with Acadia National Park.
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