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Birds of Nummy Island – April 19, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 62°F

Winds: SW 10-15 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 4:28pm

21 species

Species Count
Brant 3
American Oystercatcher 3
Black-bellied Plover 3
Sanderling 12
Dunlin 125
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Willet (Eastern) 2
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Forster’s Tern 8
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 4
Double-crested Cormorant 60
Snowy Egret 1
Osprey 4
Merlin 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
House Finch 2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 2

 

Nummy Island – 5:22pm

22 species

Species Count
Brant 35
American Black Duck 2
Bufflehead 2
Clapper Rail 10
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 24
Whimbrel 21
Dunlin 150
Short-billed Dowitcher 7
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Laughing Gull 350
Herring Gull 150
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Forster’s Tern 14
Common Loon 2
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 4
Fish Crow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Boat-tailed Grackle 6

 

3300 New Jersey Ave: Wildwood NJ – 6:31pm

5 species

Species Count
Laughing Gull 3
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 16
Fish Crow 4
European Starling 5
House Sparrow 5