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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 24, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Sharon Meeker

Temp: 68°F

Winds: E 14-19 mph

Weather Conditions: overcast

Stone Harbor Point – 5:00pm

13 species

Species Count
Black-bellied Plover 3
Semipalmated Plover 12
Willet (Western) 18
Ruddy Turnstone 6
Sanderling 40
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Royal Tern 12
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Osprey 1

 

Nummy Island – 5:45pm

15 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 2
American Oystercatcher 50
Black-bellied Plover 4
Semipalmated Plover 6
Marbled Godwit 8
Willet (Western) 6
Ruddy Turnstone 4
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 18
Caspian Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 6
Common Tern 2
Royal Tern 28
Great Blue Heron 1

 

North Wildwood–Hereford Inlet/Seawall– 6:10pm

10 species

Species Count
Black-bellied Plover 4
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 14
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 28
Caspian Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 6
Common Tern 4
Royal Tern 150