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Birds of Nummy Island – April 8, 2026

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

Temp: 41°F

Winds: ENE 15-20 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Stone Harbor Point – 4:31pm

12 species 

Species Count
Long-tailed Duck 4
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 12
Purple Sandpiper 1
American Herring Gull 8
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3

 

Nummy Island – 5:29pm

20 species 

Species Count
Brant (Pale-bellied) 28
Surf Scoter 2
Bufflehead 8
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Mourning Dove 3
American Oystercatcher 6
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Dunlin 125
Laughing Gull 85
Ring-billed Gull 12
American Herring Gull 48
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 22
Great Egret 6
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Boat-tailed Grackle 4
New Jersey Audubon