Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point - Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

Very high tides when we started out toward the point with a half hour to go to high tide. We scanned from the end of the road and then moved to Nummy Island. Nummy Island was very productive with lots of Brant and close looks at Tricolored Herons and a good mix of shorebirds. Leaders: Warren Cairo, Gail Dwyer and Shaun Bamford.
Stone Harbor Point: 14 species (+1 other taxa)

Surf/Black Scoter  20
Double-crested Cormorant  8
Great Egret  2
Ruddy Turnstone  1
Sanderling  30
Western Sandpiper  15
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  25
Caspian Tern  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
Palm Warbler  1
Savannah Sparrow  1
Boat-tailed Grackle  2

Nummy Island: 27 species

Brant  540
Double-crested Cormorant  45
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  8
Snowy Egret  6
Tricolored Heron  5
Black-crowned Night-Heron  2
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  1
Northern Harrier  3
Clapper Rail  2
Black-bellied Plover  10
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Ruddy Turnstone  4
Red Knot  20
Dunlin  1
Short-billed Dowitcher  6
Laughing Gull  8
Herring Gull  4
Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Caspian Tern  2
Mourning Dove  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Peregrine Falcon  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Red-winged Blackbird  6
Boat-tailed Grackle  20

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