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Birding the Barrier Islands – November 22, 2024

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Holly & Mark Lemieux, Dennis McKane

Temp: 44°F

Winds: WSW 15-20 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall – 10:am

26 species

Species Count
Brant 150
American Black Duck 12
Surf Scoter 5
Long-tailed Duck 1
American Oystercatcher 85
Black-bellied Plover 8
Marbled Godwit 14
Ruddy Turnstone 8
Red Knot 2
Sanderling 8
Dunlin 250
Ring-billed Gull 18
American Herring Gull 65
Great Black-backed Gull 45
Forster’s Tern 8
Royal Tern 1
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 35
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 5
crow sp. 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Snow Bunting 5
Song Sparrow 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4

 

Stone Harbor Blvd–The Wetlands Institute – 11:51am

15 species

Species Count
Black-bellied Plover 24
American Golden-Plover 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Dunlin 56
Ring-billed Gull 10
American Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 3
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Boat-tailed Grackle 4

 

Stone Harbor–Municipal Marina (80th-81st streets) – 12:49pm

7 species

Species Count
Brant 16
American Black Duck 12
Bufflehead 12
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 3
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Northern Harrier 1

 

Avalon–37th St. Heronry – 1:09pm

3 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 3
Black-crowned Night Heron 37
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

 

Avalon–8th St. Jetty (Avalon Seawatch 2015-present) – 1:30pm

14 species

Species Count
Brant 45
American Black Duck 8
Surf Scoter 14
White-winged Scoter 3
Black Scoter 14
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Dunlin 8
Ring-billed Gull 4
American Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Forster’s Tern 2
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 45
Snow Bunting 1