Scoter, scoter... oh wait!

Wow! Just wow. What a day. Today was a fantastic day at the cape. Already at the first sunlight, scoters were passing by with an intense speed. Ten thousand were counted the first two hours, fifteen thousand the next 1,5 h! In all this a distant long-tailed skua was seen and many many teals.

At 10:30, the migration was slowing down drastically and continued till one o'clock when it all died out. But just before it all stopped, I got a flock with hundred or so scoters. Immedately I started counting, but just when I got to scoter number three... Amerikansk sjöorre!!!! (Black scoter!!!!) I shouted even if I were the only man standing. What a beauty! The bird went passed just 300 m off the cape in perfect light. Joy and dance at the cape for nearly an hour and then off to seawatching again.

After some two three hours sleep, I was ready for some seawatch again. Skuas, grebes and little gulls went pass in beautiful light and some drunk estonians who did not stopped asking questions of why I was here birding. 

Now some deserved dinner and sleep.

Weather:

Strong wind (up till 10 m/s) N turning N-Nv in the afternoon. Sunny and warm.

Notes from the cape:

divers 66

red-necked grebe 55

teal 526

pintail 107
garganey 1

common scoter 32411 (one leucitic)

black scoter 1 male showing off well together with 100 common

velvet scoter 377

ruff 15

arctic skua 24 (11 pale, 8 dark, 1 2nd cy, 4 1st cy)

long-tailed skua 1 1st cy

skua sp. 1 1st cy (pom or an arctic)

little gull 91

common tern 50