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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – October 1, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Holly Lemieux, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 70°F

Winds: E 16-24 mph

Weather Conditions: overcast

Stone Harbor Point – 4:34pm

12 species

Species Count
Black-bellied Plover 2
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 150
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 2
Royal Tern 6
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Osprey 3

 

Nummy Island – 5:21pm

14 species

Species Count
American Oystercatcher 4
Black-bellied Plover 4
Marbled Godwit 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 6
Royal Tern 6
Great Egret 4
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Osprey 2

 

North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall– 5:53pm

10 species

Species Count
American Oystercatcher 6
Sanderling 35
Semipalmated Sandpiper 35
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 35
Caspian Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 6
Royal Tern 125
Osprey 2