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Birds of Nummy Island – May 1, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks

Temp: 65°F

Winds: SSE 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 4:30pm

29 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 5
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 2
Piping Plover 1
Willet (Eastern) 2
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 10
Dunlin 20
Purple Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 14
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 15
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 5
Osprey 4
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 4
House Finch 4
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Boat-tailed Grackle 2

 

Nummy Island – 5:37pm

24 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 45
Black Scoter 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 3
Clapper Rail 6
American Oystercatcher 12
Black-bellied Plover 24
Whimbrel 20
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Willet (Eastern) 6
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Dunlin 40
Laughing Gull 16
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster’s Tern 8
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1
Fish Crow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Boat-tailed Grackle 6

 

3300 New Jersey Ave, Wildwood US-NJ 38.99144, -74.81537 – 6:25pm

4 species

Species Count
Mallard 1
Laughing Gull 12
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 8
European Starling 6