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Birds of Nummy Island – April 7, 2021

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks

Temp: 56°F

Winds:  W 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

 

Nummy Island – 4:33pm

26 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 35
American Black Duck 4
Black Scoter 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 2
Clapper Rail 2
American Oystercatcher 8
Black-bellied Plover 2
Dunlin 25
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Laughing Gull 650
Forster’s Tern 1
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 4
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 2
Osprey 2
Fish Crow 6
Carolina Wren 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 8

 

Stone Harbor Point – 5:39pm

20 species

Species Count
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
American Oystercatcher 2
Sanderling 8
Dunlin 285
Western Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Forster’s Tern 1
Northern Gannet 8
Great Egret 1
Osprey 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Fish Crow 5
European Starling 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 8
Northern Cardinal 1

 

Avalon Dunes (30th-60th St) – 6:15pm

1 species

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1