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Birding on the Barrier Islands – February 25, 2023

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 34°F

Winds: ENE 5-7 mph

Weather Conditions: light snow/sleet

Stone Harbor Point – 12:56pm

20 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 4
Black Scoter 8
Long-tailed Duck 12
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Horned Grebe 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 46
Dunlin 3000
Purple Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 28
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 4
Northern Gannet 45
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2

 

Nummy Island – 1:52pm

12 species

Species Count
Brant 125
American Black Duck 9
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 8
Red-breasted Merganser 2
American Oystercatcher 28
Dunlin 6
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 4

 

500 W Angelsea Dr.: North Wildwood – 2:28pm

7 species

Species Count
Brant 7
Surf Scoter 8
Long-tailed Duck 2
Bufflehead 4
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 2
Song Sparrow 2

 

Sunset Lake – 2:58pm

8 species

Species Count
Brant 16
American Black Duck 4
Greater Scaup 1
Bufflehead 35
Horned Grebe 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1

 

Cape May NWR: Two Mile Unit – 3:06pm

14 species

Species Count
Brant 28
Gadwall 4
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 12
Northern Pintail 2
Bufflehead 18
Hooded Merganser 2
Ruddy Duck 1
Herring Gull 3
Northern Harrier 1
Brown Thrasher 1
American Robin 8
Song Sparrow 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6

 

Ocean Drive: Two Mile Landing – 3:41pm

11 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 16
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 3
American Black Duck 4
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
European Starling 26
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
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