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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 12, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Bernie Hodgdon, Chris & Gerry Dewaghe,

Temp: 82°F

Winds: SSE 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Stone Harbor Point – 5:00pm

21 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Semipalmated Plover 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 26
Laughing Gull 28
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 32
Caspian Tern 2
Common Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Osprey 2
American Crow 2
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 1
House Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 7

Nummy Island – 6:00pm

19 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Clapper Rail 4
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Laughing Gull 14
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Common Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 8
Great Egret 8
Snowy Egret 5
Little Blue Heron 3
Tricolored Heron 3
Osprey 1
Merlin 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Boat-tailed Grackle 4

 

Stone Harbor Blvd: The Wetlands Institute – 6:35pm

19 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Least Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 7
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 2
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 3
Little Blue Heron 2
Green Heron 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 6
Northern Mockingbird 2
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) 1