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Coastal Birding at Stone Harbor Point – January 13, 2024

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 47°F

Winds: W 24-35 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Stone Harbor Point – 12:57pm

15 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 22
Surf Scoter 35
Black Scoter 25
Long-tailed Duck 2
Bufflehead 3
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Sanderling 25
Purple Sandpiper 3
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 12
Common Loon 2
Northern Harrier 1
Tree Swallow 1
Savannah Sparrow 3

 

Stone Harbor: Municipal Marina(80th-81st St.) – 1:50pm

9 species

Species Count
Mallard 3
Greater Scaup 12
Common Eider 1
Bufflehead 6
Red-breasted Merganser 15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 35
Dunlin 15
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 18

 

Avalon: 37th St Heronry – 2:39pm

6 species

Species Count
Mallard 3
Bufflehead 2
Herring Gull 22
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Black-crowned Night Heron 21
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1

 

Avalon: 8th St. Jetty (Avalon Seawatch) – 3:34pm

9 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 55
Long-tailed Duck 15
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Bonaparte’s Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 4

 

Townsend’s Inlet – 3:45pm

6 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 25
Long-tailed Duck 22
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Common Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 2
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