CMBO's first Stone Harbor Point walk began with a pleasant surprise, a Clapper Rail in the first impoundment. None of us can ever remember seeing a Clapper Rail here before but here it was, and it afforded great looks for all. On the beach, we had many Sanderlings and Semipalmated Plovers with a few Western Sandpipers mixed in, but the highlight was a group of Red Knots that dropped in. Some of the worn adults were still showing considerable red on their breasts. We were also able to read the tags on two Red Knots. We finished the evening with a Peregrine Falcon zooming in to chase away all the birds near us so we called it a night. Leaders: Warren Cairo, Gail Dwyer, & Shaun Bamford.
23 species
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Brown Pelican 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Osprey 10
Clapper Rail 1
American Oystercatcher 16
Black-bellied Plover 8
Semipalmated Plover 30
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Red Knot 26 Tags 'green' 95A, K67
Sanderling 100
Western Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 20
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
Common Tern 8
Forster's Tern 4
Royal Tern 12
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Kingbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 3
Seaside Sparrow 1
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