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Birding the Barrier Islands – February 26, 2022

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave and Lynn Pollard

Temp: 36° F

Winds:  W 10-15 mph

Weather Conditions: fair

Stone Harbor Point – 1:12pm

14 species

Species Count
Long-tailed Duck 23
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 2
Dunlin 350
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 45
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 3
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 1
House Finch 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6

 

Nummy Island – 2:21pm

12 species

Species Count
Brant 150
American Black Duck 18
Long-tailed Duck 7
Bufflehead 4
Red-breasted Merganser 2
American Oystercatcher 50
Dunlin 8
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 12
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1

 

Stone Harbor: Municipal Marina (80th-81st St) – 2:41pm

12 species

Species Count
Mallard 6
Greater Scaup 6
Bufflehead 35
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Horned Grebe 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 10
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Boat-tailed Grackle 6

 

Sunset Lake – 3:27pm

9 species

Species Count
Greater Scaup 6
Bufflehead 16
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Horned Grebe 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Herring Gull 6
Red-throated Loon 1
Northern Harrier 1
European Starling 12
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