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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – October 3, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 75°F

Winds: S 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 4:41pm

19 species

Species Count
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 3
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling 30
Laughing Gull 10
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 24
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 48
Caspian Tern 2
Common Tern 5
Royal Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Brown Pelican 1
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2

 

Nummy Island – 5:45pm

23 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 1
Clapper Rail 4
American Oystercatcher 8
Black-bellied Plover 1
Marbled Godwit 1
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Dunlin 5
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Common Tern 3
Forster’s Tern 5
Black Skimmer 25
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 2
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Saltmarsh Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Boat-tailed Grackle 1