Nummy Island - Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

A foggy evening and low tide at Nummy Island but some great birds. We began with 2 Clapper Rails lying in an open area so everyone enjoyed satisfying looks. Our Peregrine Falcon has returned and we finished with a breeding plumaged Horned Grebe. Leaders: Patty Rourke, Bill & Lee Smythe, and Warren Cairo.
38 species

Brant  8
Canada Goose  6
Mallard  4
Common Loon  2     Nice looks at breeding plumages Common Loons
Horned Grebe  1     Showed nice yellow feathering on head.
Double-crested Cormorant  200
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  6
Osprey  4
Peregrine Falcon  1
Clapper Rail  4
Black-bellied Plover  10
Semipalmated Plover  6
American Oystercatcher  12
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Willet  8
Ruddy Turnstone  2
Least Sandpiper  8
Dunlin  10
Short-billed Dowitcher  32
Laughing Gull  70
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Common Tern  5
Forster's Tern  12
Royal Tern  2
Black Skimmer  30
Mourning Dove  4
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  2
Gray Catbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Song Sparrow  2
Red-winged Blackbird  8
Boat-tailed Grackle  20
House Sparrow  4

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