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Birds of Nummy Island – April 30, 2025

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

Temp: 76°F

Winds: NW 10-13 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 4:28pm

21 species 

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Willet (Eastern) 4
Sanderling 12
Laughing Gull 12
Ring-billed Gull 3
American Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster’s Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 65
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 6
Fish Crow 4
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
House Finch 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Boat-tailed Grackle 3

 

Nummy Island – 5:25pm

31 species 

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 35
American Black Duck 3
Surf Scoter 6
Mourning Dove 4
Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast) 6
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 12
Whimbrel 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Willet (Eastern) 12
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Dunlin 350
Semipalmated Sandpiper 14
Laughing Gull 85
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster’s Tern 8
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 65
Snowy Egret 2
Great Egret 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 6
Peregrine Falcon 1
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Boat-tailed Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
New Jersey Audubon