Wood Duck 21 Greater Scaup 64 White-winged Scoter 12 Black Scoter 7 Common Goldeneye 4 Hooded Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Double-crested Cormorant 119 Great Blue Heron 3 American Coot 2 Bonaparte's Gull 508 Ring-billed Gull 950 Herring Gull 25 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 | Karn Plant, BA (Restricted Access) |
The massive influx of gulls, primarily RBGU & BOGU last week largely left, likely when I saw them in a mass exodus on Oct 30th at dusk. I thought they might be going out into the bay for the night but, based on this week's numbers, I witnessed their departure on Oct 30th.
Gizzard shad numbers continue to be very high with these small, silvery fish lightly popping the water surface on the bay and in the discharge channel.