Dave Lord et. al. report: "Gusty gales greeted those attending Tuesday night's Stone Harbor Point walk, as did a number of interesting finds. The pond at Stone Harbor Point held an immature Little Blue Heron, a wonderful view of a juvenile Piping Plover, and a close Western Sandpiper for good impressions. Nummy's Island contained 3 Marbled Godwits, and some really stunning (almost) breeding plumaged Red Knots wowed the crowd. We finished with a night-heron show near the free bridge, including one adult Yellow-crowned. (Warren Cairo, Jim Armstrong, Dave Lord.)"
Location: Stone Harbor Point
Observation date: 9/7/10
Notes: CMBO's inaugural Stone Harbor Point Walk
Number of species: 34
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 16
Snowy Egret 8
Little Blue Heron 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2
Osprey 23
Peregrine Falcon 2
Clapper Rail 3
Black-bellied Plover 25
Semipalmated Plover 6
Piping Plover 4
American Oystercatcher 1
Greater Yellowlegs 31
Willet (Eastern) 1
Willet (Western) 45
Marbled Godwit 3
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Red Knot 4 Three in beautiful (almost) breeding plumage
Western Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 12
Laughing Gull 45
Herring Gull 16
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Common Tern 7
Forster's Tern 17
Black Skimmer 12
Mourning Dove 7
Tree Swallow 18
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
House Finch 7
