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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – October 10, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Lynn Pollard

Temp: 68°F

Winds: S 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Stone Harbor Point – 4:29pm

12 species

Species Count
Semipalmated Plover 10
Sanderling 30
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 38
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 4
Brown Pelican 7
Osprey 2
Gray Catbird 1
Savannah Sparrow 1

 

Nummy Island – 5:48pm

21 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast) 2
American Oystercatcher 200
Black-bellied Plover 7
American Golden-Plover 1
Red Knot 30
Dunlin 85
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Herring Gull 58
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Common Tern 7
Forster’s Tern 2
Black Skimmer 6
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 4
Tricolored Heron 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Song Sparrow 1