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Shorebirds on the Bay – May 19, 2026

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 87°F

Winds: SSW 10

Weather Conditions: sunny

Villas–Miami Ave. beach – 12:57pm

10 species 

Species Count
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Laughing Gull 350
American Herring Gull 20
Forster’s Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Turkey Vulture 1
European Starling 2
House Sparrow 4
Common Grackle 1

 

Norbury’s Landing – 1:33pm

9 species 

Species Count
Semipalmated Plover 3
Ruddy Turnstone 65
Sanderling 15
Semipalmated Sandpiper 175
Laughing Gull 75
Caspian Tern 15
Forster’s Tern 10
Royal Tern 20
Osprey 2

 

Dennis Creek WMA–Conswell Road – 2:07pm

12 species 

Species Count
Clapper Rail 1
Laughing Gull 8
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - Ruth Bergstrom

Red-headed Woodpecker photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 2
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5

 

Cook’s Beach and Road – 2:53pm

20 species 

Species Count
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Semipalmated Plover 2
Willet 4
Ruddy Turnstone 115
Red Knot 450
Sanderling 16
Dunlin 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 200
Laughing Gull 55
American Herring Gull 14
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 5
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Egret 2
Osprey 2
Barn Swallow 2
Seaside Sparrow 6
Seaside Sparrow - Ruth Bergstrom

Seaside Sparrow photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 2
New Jersey Audubon