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Birds of Nummy Island – May 13, 2026

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

Temp: 65°F

Winds: S 25-35 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 4:36pm

18 species 

Species Count
American Black Duck 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Oystercatcher 3
Willet (Eastern) 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 14
Laughing Gull 14
American Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 6
Osprey 2
Fish Crow 3
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 2
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6

 

Nummy Island – 5:56pm

24 species 

Species Count
Clapper Rail 4
Black-bellied Plover 100
Semipalmated Plover 6
Hudsonian Whimbrel 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 35
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Willet (Eastern) 6
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Ruddy Turnstone 6
Red Knot 12
Dunlin 35
Least Sandpiper 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 40
Laughing Gull 50
American Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 3
Common Loon 1
Snowy Egret 2
Great Egret 4
Osprey 2
Barn Swallow 8
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Boat-tailed Grackle 4
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