Nummy's Island - Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Tonight's Nummy Island walk was at high tide and very windy conditions. We had great looks at Red Knots, Short-billed Dowitchers and Black-bellied Plovers. Leaders: Warren Cairo, Gail Dwyer and Shaun Bamford.
36 species (+1 other taxa)

Brant (Atlantic)  20
Common Loon  3
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Egret  15
Snowy Egret  4
Little Blue Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  10
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  8
Clapper Rail  5
American Oystercatcher  10
Black-bellied Plover  8
Semipalmated Plover  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Willet  18
Willet (Eastern)  10
Whimbrel  4
Ruddy Turnstone  4
Red Knot  130
Dunlin  6
Least Sandpiper  25
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Short-billed Dowitcher  20
Laughing Gull  100
Herring Gull (American)  12
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Common Tern  2
Forster's Tern  12
Peregrine Falcon  1
Fish Crow  2
Barn Swallow  2
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Boat-tailed Grackle  8

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Short-billed Dowitcher, Red Knot, Black-bellied Plover, and Dunlin [Photo by Warren Cairo]