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Birds of Nummy Island – April 16, 2025

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 56°F

Winds: WNW 18-14 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Stone Harbor Point – 4:28pm

23 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Black Scoter 6
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Sanderling 12
Dunlin 65
Laughing Gull 28
Ring-billed Gull 3
American Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 4
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 4
Northern Mockingbird 4
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2

 

Nummy Island – 5:26pm

23 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 45
Surf Scoter 3
Black Scoter 2
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 4
Whimbrel 8
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Laughing Gull 250
American Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Common Loon 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Osprey 2
Northern Harrier 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Fish Crow 2
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Boat-tailed Grackle 18
Northern Cardinal 1
New Jersey Audubon