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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 19, 2023

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Chris & Gerry Dewaghe

Temp: 74°F

Winds: NNW 10-14 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Stone Harbor Point – 5:04pm

24 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 2
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 24
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 8
Herring Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Caspian Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 2
Royal Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Brown Pelican 1
Great Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Osprey 2
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Goldfinch 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5

 

Nummy Island – 6:09pm

21 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Clapper Rail (Atlantic Coast) 3
American Oystercatcher 4
Black-bellied Plover 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 7
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 3
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer 85
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 6
Snowy Egret 3
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Merlin 1
Tree Swallow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 1