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Birds of Nummy Island – April 13, 2022

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Cindy Bamford

Temp: 64° F

Winds:  S 10-12 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Nummy Island: 4:39pm

23 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 150
Bufflehead 3
Red-breasted Merganser 5
American Oystercatcher 6
Black-bellied Plover 5
Whimbrel 4
Dunlin 250
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Willet 3
Laughing Gull 300
Herring Gull 20
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Forster’s Tern 3
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 4
Tricolored Heron 1
Osprey (carolinensis) 8
Bald Eagle 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 5

 

Stone Harbor Blvd – The Wetlands Institute: 6:20pm

10 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 12
American Black Duck 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull 3
Great Egret 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Osprey (carolinensis) 10
Swamp Sparrow 1