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Coastal Birding at Stone Harbor Point – January 11, 2026

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, John McElroy

Temp: 42°F

Winds: WNW 19-28

Weather Conditions: mostly cloudy

Stone Harbor Point – 1:07pm

12 species 

Species Count
Surf Scoter 2
Black Scoter 22
Long-tailed Duck 9
Bufflehead 2
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Sanderling 25
Dunlin 300
American Herring Gull 41
Horned Grebe 1
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 2
Song Sparrow 1

 

Nummy Island – 2:14pm

6 species 

Species Count
Bufflehead 2
American Oystercatcher 6
Ring-billed Gull 1
American Herring Gull 2
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2

 

North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall – 2:28pm

13 species 

Species Count
Surf Scoter 5
Long-tailed Duck 8
Bufflehead 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 8
American Oystercatcher 18
Marbled Godwit 1
Bonaparte’s Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Horned Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 1
House Sparrow 6

 

Sunset Lake – 3:19pm

4 species 

Species Count
Brant 150
Bufflehead 3
Ruddy Duck 3
American Herring Gull 1

 

Ocean Drive: Coast Guard Ponds – 3:27pm

12 species 

Species Count
Brant 40
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 12
Northern Pintail 32
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 4
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Ruddy Duck 3
American Herring Gull 12
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Northern Harrier 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2

 

Ocean Drive–Two Mile Landing – 3:53pm

5 species 

Species Count
Brant 12
Canada Goose 6
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Killdeer 6
Dunlin 75
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