Sunset Birding at Stone Harbor Point - Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

CMBO’s Stone Harbor Point walk provided a pleasant surprise when Gail spotted five Brown Pelicans well off-shore as they made their way over to us giving everyone great views. We had a good mix of shorebirds on the jetty and along the beach directly in front of us. Having seen most everything at Stone Harbor, we headed over to Nummy Island where we were treated to better looks at American Oystercatchers, a couple of Little Blue Herons and a fly-by Peregrine Falcon. Leaders: Warren Cairo, Gail Dwyer, Shaun Bamford, and Nancy Watson.
20 species

Double-crested Cormorant  45
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  6
Snowy Egret  2
American Oystercatcher  5
Semipalmated Plover  1
Ruddy Turnstone  1
Sanderling  80
Dunlin  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Western Sandpiper  20
Laughing Gull  8
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull  10
Lesser Black-backed Gull  7
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Caspian Tern  8
Forster's Tern  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Eastern Towhee  1

Nummy Island
18 species

Mallard  6
Double-crested Cormorant  20
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  2
Little Blue Heron  2
Osprey  1
Clapper Rail  2
American Oystercatcher  8
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Laughing Gull  4
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  30
Caspian Tern  6
Black Skimmer  10
Mourning Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Peregrine Falcon  1

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