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Coastal Birding at Stone Harbor Point – January 9, 2021

Leaders: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard

Temp: 42° F

Winds: 9-14 mph NW

Weather Conditions:

 

Stone Harbor Point – 12:44pm

21 species

Species Count
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 45
Black Scoter 60
Long-tailed Duck 6
Semipalmated Plover 3
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 45
Dunlin 125
Purple Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Red-throated Loon 1
Great Egret 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Northern Cardinal 2

 

Nummy Island – 2:47pm

5 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 2
Dunlin 75
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Herring Gull 6
Great Egret 2

 

Avalon – 8th Street Jetty – 3:19pm

7 species

Species Count
Brant 4
Surf Scoter 6
Black Scoter 12
Long-tailed Duck 8
Sanderling 6
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 1

 

Avalon – 3rd Ave Jetty – 3:36pm

10 species

 

Species

Count
Brant 4
Common Eider 16
Surf Scoter 4
Black Scoter 6
Long-tailed Duck 28
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Sanderling 6
Herring Gull 12
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 1

 

Common Eider photo by Tom Bisko

Common Eider photo by Tom Bisko

Red-breasted Merganser photo by Tom Bisko