Posted by Michelle Davis on February 12, 2001 at 09:23:38:
There was a nice grouping of shorebirds and gulls resting on the beach Saturday morning, Feb 10.
Approximate numbers:
Herring gull, 50
Lesser black-backed gull, 2 (one full adult, one 1st year)
Ring-billed gull, 40
Laughing gull, 20
Great black-backed gull, 1
Royal tern, 40
Caspian tern, 2
Black-bellied plover, 90
Piping plover, 40
Semipalmated plover, 130
Wilson's plover, 5
Sanderling, 120
Ruddy turnstone, 5
Dowitcher sp., 25
Dunlin, 20