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Birds of Nummy Island – May 19, 2021

Leaders: S. Bamford, C. Marks, Alan Crawford

Temp: 88 °F

Winds:  E 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Nummy Island – 4:31 pm

27 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Clapper Rail 6
Black-bellied Plover 20
Semipalmated Plover 5
Whimbrel 10
Dunlin 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 34
Western Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 28
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet (Eastern) 6
Laughing Gull 650
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 10
Black Skimmer 32
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 4
Osprey 12
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 1
Barn Swallow 2
House Finch 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 8

 

Stone Harbor – 5:48 pm

21 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 6
American Oystercatcher 7
Semipalmated Plover 22
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 52
Purple Sandpiper 6
Willet (Eastern) 3
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 2
Least Tern 3
Black Skimmer 1
Double-crested Cormorant 80
Great Egret 1
Osprey 2
Barn Swallow 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Boat-tailed Grackle 2