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Birds of Nummy Island – May 17, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford Chris Marks Dave Pollard and Lynn Pollard

Temp: 61°F

Winds: SE 10-12 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 4:36pm

23 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 4
Semipalmated Plover 250
Sanderling 25
Purple Sandpiper 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 65
Willet (Eastern) 14
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Least Tern 3
Common Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 4
Osprey 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Finch 6
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 4
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow Warbler 2

 

Nummy Island – 5:32pm

28 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 1
Clapper Rail 8
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 45
Semipalmated Plover 60
Whimbrel 30
Red Knot 15
Sanderling 4
Dunlin 45
Least Sandpiper 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 150
Short-billed Dowitcher 35
Willet (Eastern) 26
Laughing Gull 35
Herring Gull 5
Forster’s Tern 10
Black Skimmer 12
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 2
Tricolored Heron 1
Osprey 4
Fish Crow 4
Barn Swallow 5
European Starling 3
Boat-tailed Grackle 12
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
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