Nummy's Island - Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

A pleasant evening at Nummy Island, mild temperatures and a low tide.  Good looks at Black-bellied Plovers, Willets, Short-billed Dowitchers and great looks at a large group of 36 Whimbrel and breeding plumaged Common Loons.  Leaders: Gail Dwyer, Patty Rourke, Bill & Lee Symthe, and Warren Cairo.
34 species

Brant  55
Canada Goose  4
American Black Duck  4
Mallard  6
Common Loon  4
Double-crested Cormorant  34
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  6
Snowy Egret  12
Black-crowned Night-Heron  8
Glossy Ibis  2
Osprey  12
Clapper Rail  4     Heard only
Black-bellied Plover  22
American Oystercatcher  20
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet  14
Whimbrel  49     13 seen flying and the rest were on the ocean side near the toll bridge
Ruddy Turnstone  4
Least Sandpiper  6
Dunlin  120
Short-billed Dowitcher  16
Laughing Gull  100
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Forster's Tern  18
Fish Crow  8
Barn Swallow  2
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Boat-tailed Grackle  12

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