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Birds of Nummy Island – April 27, 2022

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Cindy Bamford

Temp: 56° F

Winds:  WNW 18-30 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

26 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 80
American Black Duck 4
Mourning Dove 4
American Oystercatcher 8
Black-bellied Plover 26
Whimbrel 14
Dunlin 200
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 659
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 35
Forster’s Tern 10
Common Loon 5
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 4
Tricolored Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 6
Peregrine Falcon 1
Fish Crow 5
Carolina Wren 3
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 5