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Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point – September 23, 2025

Leaders: Shaun Bamford, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Ruth Bergstrom

Temp: 73°F

Winds: S 6 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Stone Harbor Point – 5:03pm

19 species

Species Count
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 2
Semipalmated Plover 22
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Sanderling 250
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 5
American Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull 12
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Ruth Bergstrom

Lesser Black-backed Gull photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Forster’s Tern 2
Common Tern 3
Royal Tern 6
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 4
Merlin 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Goldfinch 1

 

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

12 species

Species Count
Clapper Rail 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
White Ibis 10
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 2
Snowy Egret 2
Great Egret 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
European Starling 1
Boat-tailed Grackle 4
New Jersey Audubon
New Jersey Audubon
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