Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2025 9:03 AM – 10:08 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.896 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Early Birders Walk – high 50s, cloudy, moderately windy, light rain

29 species

Mallard  5

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  1

Willet  16    circling in the air in a group and singing around the observation boardwalk

American Herring Gull  3

Least Tern  1

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  5

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  2

Northern Flicker  2

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

American Crow  1

Tree Swallow  10

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  8

European Starling  20    Estimate

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  7

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  2

Saltmarsh Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  3

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  1    Heard

Common Grackle  2

Northern Yellow Warbler  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S297693374

Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2025 10:26 AM – 11:46 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.344 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Early Birders Walk – high 50s, cloudy, moderately windy, drizzling

12 species

Common Eider  57

American Oystercatcher  5    initially seen in group of 3 flying north, other pair of 2 seen on beach

Killdeer  2

Piping Plover  6

Ring-billed Gull  6

American Herring Gull  4

Least Tern  50    nesting on beach

Double-crested Cormorant  50

Barn Swallow  2

European Starling  40

House Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S297693379

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