BHI–Deer Island, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 28, 2026 7:58 AM – 11:01 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.656 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk 8 people including leader

29 species (+2 other taxa)

Brant  103

Mallard  4

Greater Scaup  12

Common Eider  530    Just estimate

Surf Scoter  32

White-winged Scoter  2

Black Scoter  61    Normal for this location

Long-tailed Duck  8

Bufflehead  12

Common Goldeneye  9

Red-breasted Merganser  21

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  2

American Oystercatcher  2

Ring-billed Gull  53

American Herring Gull  345

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Iceland Gull  3    Pics coming. One adult, 2 first year

gull sp.  100    rough guess

Horned Grebe  1

Common Loon  8

European Starling  8

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  1

House Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow  6

new world sparrow sp.  1

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  15

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S314252407

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

Bring Back Bobolinks!

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