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Birds of Nummy Island – April 10, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 66°F

Winds: S 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

 Stone Harbor Point – 4:26pm

25 species

Species Count
Brant 6
Bufflehead 3
Mourning Dove 2
Black-bellied Plover 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Sanderling 35
Dunlin 2
Purple Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 18
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 2
Osprey 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Tree Swallow 6
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3

 

Nummy Island – 5:26pm

23 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 85
Black Scoter 6
Bufflehead 8
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Clapper Rail 3
American Oystercatcher 12
Marbled Godwit 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Dunlin 250
Laughing Gull 150
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Forster’s Tern 4
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 65
Tricolored Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 4
Osprey 3
Fish Crow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Boat-tailed Grackle 4