Blog

Birds of Nummy Island – May 12, 2021

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Alan Crawford

Temp: 64°F

Winds:  WSW  5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Nummy Island – 4:23 pm

31 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 35
Mallard 2
Long-tailed Duck 1
Clapper Rail 6
American Oystercatcher 1
Whimbrel 26
Red Knot 2
Least Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 20
Willet (Eastern) 14
Laughing Gull 650
Herring Gull 45
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Least Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 8
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 2
Osprey 4
Northern Harrier 1
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 1
Wood Thrush 1
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 24
Boat-tailed Grackle 8
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2

 

Stone Harbor Point – 6:15 pm

7 species

Species Count
Sanderling 100
Purple Sandpiper 20
Laughing Gull 12
Northern Mockingbird 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Prairie Warbler 1