Day by day @ Netitishi

I've got high hopes on following up on the Seal ID, Sooty vs Short-tailed Shearwater and more in the next few days (maybe a week).  But for now, I'll continue on the daily seawatch counts from Netitishi! Why? Because it's easy.


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Location:     Netitishi Point
Observation date:     11/13/10
Notes:     Sooty Shearwater seen just after the passage of a weak front, on stronger WNW winds. 
Number of species:     27

Brant     8
Lesser Scaup     4
King Eider     1
White-winged Scoter     45
Black Scoter     1
Long-tailed Duck     1400
Red-breasted Merganser     40
Red-throated Loon     1
Common Loon     5
Sooty Shearwater     1
Bald Eagle     1
Sanderling     80
Dunlin     2
Ring-billed Gull     150
Herring Gull     30
Pomarine Jaeger     1
Black Guillemot     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Gray Jay     1
Common Raven     4
Horned Lark     3
Black-capped Chickadee     3
Boreal Chickadee     4
Pine Grosbeak     1
White-winged Crossbill     45
Common Redpoll     4
Hoary Redpoll     12


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Location:     Netitishi Point
Observation date:     11/14/10
Notes:     Forgot to note weather. Varied Thrush not actually confirmed until next day, but heard this day.
Number of species:     33

Northern Pintail     1
Lesser Scaup     1
King Eider     1
White-winged Scoter     5
Black Scoter     18
Long-tailed Duck     400
Common Goldeneye     8
Common Merganser     2
Red-breasted Merganser     50
Red-throated Loon     1
Pacific Loon     1
Common Loon     7
Rough-legged Hawk     20
Sanderling     20
White-rumped Sandpiper     1
Dunlin     4
Red Phalarope     6
Ring-billed Gull     250
Herring Gull     35
Pomarine Jaeger     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Gray Jay     1
Common Raven     2
Horned Lark     3
Black-capped Chickadee     4
Boreal Chickadee     1
Varied Thrush     1
Bohemian Waxwing     1
Snow Bunting     15
Pine Grosbeak     2
White-winged Crossbill     40
Common Redpoll     2
Hoary Redpoll     6

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Location:     Netitishi Point
Observation date:     11/15/10
Notes:     Light S to SW winds. Some snow flurries
Number of species:     27

American Black Duck     6
Green-winged Teal     1
Greater Scaup     4
Lesser Scaup     4
Long-tailed Duck     300
Red-breasted Merganser     25
Northern Harrier     1
Northern Goshawk     1
Gyrfalcon     1
Black-bellied Plover     1
Killdeer     1
Sanderling     5
White-rumped Sandpiper     4
Dunlin     4
Ring-billed Gull     200
Herring Gull     40
Gray Jay     3
Common Raven     2
Horned Lark     1
Black-capped Chickadee     4
Boreal Chickadee     4
Brown Creeper     1
Varied Thrush     1
American Pipit     2
Snow Bunting     6
Pine Grosbeak     4
White-winged Crossbill     15

Sanderling and Dunlin

The large number of November shorebirds was CRAZY. They all looked really fat (round), and obviously different than how we usually see them in southern Ontario. We assumed these birds MUST fly to the gulf coast or further when they leave James Bay.