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Birds of Nummy Island – April 15, 2026

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Holly & Mark Lemieux, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 76°F

Winds: S 17-24 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 4:27pm

13 species 

Species Count
Mourning Dove 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Willet (Eastern) 4
Sanderling 85
Laughing Gull 10
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 1
Common Loon 2
Osprey 3
Fish Crow 3
Song Sparrow 3

 

Nummy Island – 5:37pm

23 species 

Species Count
Brant (Pale-bellied) 80
American Black Duck 2
Surf Scoter 7
Bufflehead 1
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 40
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Dunlin 150
Laughing Gull 30
Ring-billed Gull 3
American Herring Gull 9
Forster’s Tern 6
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Snowy Egret 1
Great Egret 4
Osprey 3
Fish Crow 3
Barn Swallow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 2

 

3300 New Jersey Ave, Wildwood US-NJ 38.99144, -74.81537 – 6:37pm

6 species 

Species Count
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 5
Mallard 4
Laughing Gull 8
American Herring Gull 2
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 25
New Jersey Audubon