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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – October 8, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Sharon Meeker 

Temp: 67°F 

Winds: 9-12 mph 

Weather Conditions: clear 

Stone Harbor Point – 4:30pm 

16 species  

Species  Count 
Black-bellied Plover  3 
Semipalmated Plover  6 
Ruddy Turnstone  10 
Red Knot  16 
Sanderling  150 
Western Sandpiper  2 
Semipalmated Sandpiper  5 
Laughing Gull  4 
Herring Gull  12 
Great Black-backed Gull  5 
Lesser Black-backed Gull  3 
Royal Tern  8 
Double-crested Cormorant  3 
Brown Pelican  1 
Northern Mockingbird  4 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4 

 

 Nummy Island – 5:32pm 

21 species  

Species  Count 
Clapper Rail  2 
American Oystercatcher  4 
Black-bellied Plover  6 
Semipalmated Plover  4 
Greater Yellowlegs  1 
Ruddy Turnstone  3 
Laughing Gull  4 
Ring-billed Gull  2 
Herring Gull  35 
Great Black-backed Gull  46 
Black Skimmer  1 
Caspian Tern  4 
Forster’s Tern  4 
Royal Tern  25 
Double-crested Cormorant  12 
Great Egret  50 
Osprey  2 
Northern Harrier  1 
Red-winged Blackbird  5 
Boat-tailed Grackle  6 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4 

 

North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall– 6:12pm 

12 species  

Species  Count 
American Oystercatcher  4 
Sanderling  45 
Laughing Gull  6 
Ring-billed Gull  3 
Herring Gull  150 
Great Black-backed Gull  175 
Caspian Tern  2 
Forster’s Tern  4 
Royal Tern  85 
Double-crested Cormorant  16 
Eastern Phoebe  1 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  4