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SO.MANY.SEABIRDS – November 2, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Holly Lemieux, John McElroy

Temp: 65°F

Winds: N 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Avalon–8th St. Jetty (Avalon Seawatch 2015-present) – 2:26pm

19 species

Species Count
Brant 35
Green-winged Teal 8
Surf Scoter 25
Black Scoter 2500
Surf/Black Scoter 850
American Oystercatcher 2
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 12
Laughing Gull 75
Ring-billed Gull 30
American Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 32
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 2
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 25
Double-crested Cormorant 1000
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 3

Stone Harbor Point – 3:15pm

16 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 250
Black-bellied Plover 2
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Red Knot 12
Sanderling 45
Dunlin 2
Laughing Gull 12
Ring-billed Gull 14
American Herring Gull 18
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 2
Northern Gannet 5
Double-crested Cormorant 150
Osprey 1

Nummy Island – 4:00pm

17 species

Species Count
Brant (Atlantic) 250
American Black Duck 6
Black Scoter 250
Clapper Rail 1
American Oystercatcher 12
Semipalmated Plover 4
Marbled Godwit 7
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Dunlin 12
American Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 150
Tricolored Heron 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Osprey 1

North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall– 4:25pm

13 species

Species Count
Brant 38
Black Scoter 125
American Oystercatcher 18
Black-bellied Plover 4
Sanderling 25
Laughing Gull 18
Ring-billed Gull 12
American Herring Gull 45
Great Black-backed Gull 28
Black Skimmer 4
Caspian Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 4
Royal Tern 18
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