Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jan 26, 2019 8:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: 5 degrees F, partly cloudy, and windy. There was no open water in the marsh. We went from there to Winthrop Beach Reservation.
27 species
Canada Goose 12 overhead
American Black Duck 3
Common Eider 14
White-winged Scoter 1
Bufflehead 6
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Horned Grebe 1
Mourning Dove 2
Herring Gull 19
Common Loon 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 5 All passerines were observed at the parking lot bird feeders.
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 4
American Tree Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 6
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12 All male; some singing weakly. The earliest I’ve seen them.
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55377361
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