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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – October 17, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Dave and Lynn Pollard.

Temp: 62°F

Winds: NW 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Stone Harbor Point – 4:28pm

26 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 40
Black-bellied Plover 5
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling 75
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 45
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 32
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 10
Double-crested Cormorant 150
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 2
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Merlin 1
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
House Finch 2
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 18

 

Nummy Island – 5:55pm

21 species

Species Count
American Black Duck 4
Clapper Rail 6
American Oystercatcher 6
Black-bellied Plover 3
Dunlin 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 8
Forster’s Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 35
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 2
Northern Harrier 1
Merlin 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2
Boat-tailed Grackle 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
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