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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 10, 2024

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Sharon Meeker

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Stone Harbor Point – 5:00pm

15 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 1
Semipalmated Plover 23
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 20
Western Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 8
Laughing Gull 10
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 5
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Osprey 4

 

Nummy Island – 5:50pm

17 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 5
American Oystercatcher 10
Black-bellied Plover 2
Willet 2
Laughing Gull 15
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Black Skimmer 3
Caspian Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 3
Royal Tern 8
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 3
Great Egret 5
Osprey 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 9

 

Stone Harbor Blvd–The Wetlands Institute – 6:30pm

11 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 3
Laughing Gull 25
Forster’s Tern 3
Snowy Egret 3
Great Egret 5
Great Blue Heron 1
White Ibis 1
Osprey 3
Merlin 1
House Finch 1
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1