Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 31, 2025 9:15 AM – 2:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Plum Island – Leader Nick Paulson. 9 participants. Warm, sunny, slight breeze. A little bit of a slow day for the refuge, tons of Tree Swallows.

54 species (+2 other taxa)

Gadwall  4

Green-winged Teal (American)  4

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  10

White-winged Scoter  2

Mourning Dove  1

Semipalmated Plover  25

Short-billed Dowitcher  8

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  1    Possibly Long-billed

Lesser Yellowlegs  12

Greater Yellowlegs  10

Stilt Sandpiper  1

Sanderling  5

White-rumped Sandpiper  10

Least Sandpiper  40

Semipalmated Sandpiper  30

Laughing Gull  1

Ring-billed Gull  5

American Herring Gull  30

Great Black-backed Gull  5

Common Tern  25

Sterna sp.  10    One possible Forster’s

Double-crested Cormorant  80

Snowy Egret  4

Great Egret  20

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  5

Turkey Vulture  2

Osprey (American)  8

Northern Harrier  1

Bald Eagle  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Merlin (Taiga)  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  2

Common Raven  2

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Tree Swallow  3000

Barn Swallow (American)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  200

Gray Catbird  4

Cedar Waxwing  12

American Pipit  1    Flyover at the salt pannes heading S. Slender bodied, tawny below, white outer tail feathers.

Purple Finch  1

American Goldfinch  8

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  4

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  3

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  1

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S270937836

Winthrop Greenway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 31, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

40 species

American Black Duck  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Black-bellied Plover  15

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  1

Short-billed Dowitcher  1

Greater Yellowlegs  2

Least Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  2

Laughing Gull  1

American Herring Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  50

Snowy Egret  18

Great Egret  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  3

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  3

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  5

White-breasted Nuthatch  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

European Starling  155

Gray Catbird  8

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  1

American Goldfinch  5

Chipping Sparrow  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S271786197

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 31, 2025 10:05 AM – 11:05 AM

Protocol: Stationary

9 species

Common Eider  50

American Oystercatcher  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Ring-billed Gull  1

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Common Loon  2

Double-crested Cormorant  50

Osprey  2

Cedar Waxwing  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S271786205

Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Aug 30, 2025 6:45 AM – 11:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader; 12 participants

45 species (+2 other taxa)

Mallard  5

Wild Turkey  5

Mourning Dove  2

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs  1

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Glossy Ibis  10

Green Heron  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey (American)  4

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1    likely Willow which nests here, no noticeable eye ring, brownish head and back

Eastern Phoebe  11

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  2    one still singing

Red-eyed Vireo  1    still singing

Blue Jay  16

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  13

Tufted Titmouse  7

Tree Swallow  750

Barn Swallow (American)  4

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  5

Carolina Wren  10

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  58

Northern Mockingbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  5

American Robin  17

Cedar Waxwing  35

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  10

Song Sparrow  28

Swamp Sparrow  1

Bobolink  6

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

Northern Cardinal  9

Dickcissel  1    flyover

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S270937825

Delaney WMA, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 24, 2025 7:07 AM – 11:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.329 mile(s)

51 species

Canada Goose  14

Mute Swan  4

Trumpeter Swan  1    Continuing from boat ramp around midday. At far end if pond in early AM. Photos.

Wood Duck  41    Careful count.

Mallard  10

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  6

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Killdeer  2

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Green Heron  3

Great Blue Heron  6

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  8

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  4

Eastern Wood-Pewee  7

Willow Flycatcher  1    Empid with Whit call

Eastern Phoebe  2

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Yellow-throated Vireo  1

Warbling Vireo  2

Blue Jay  12

American Crow  6

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  21

Tufted Titmouse  20

Tree Swallow  200

Barn Swallow  33

White-breasted Nuthatch  6

Brown Creeper  2

Northern House Wren  4

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  14

Eastern Bluebird  4

American Robin  14

Cedar Waxwing  10

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  18

Chipping Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  5

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  5

Ovenbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  5

American Redstart  2

Pine Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269616798

Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 23, 2025 7:30 AM – 8:25 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

22 species

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  2

Greater Yellowlegs  6

Semipalmated Sandpiper  4

American Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  1

American Bittern  2    Popped up out of the marsh and flew off.

Black-crowned Night Heron  2    1 adult, 1 imm.

Snowy Egret  3

Great Egret  9

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  3

American Goldfinch  2

Saltmarsh Sparrow  1

Baltimore Oriole  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059538

Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 23, 2025 8:45 AM – 10:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

20 species

Canada Goose  4

Common Eider  4

Mourning Dove  2

American Oystercatcher  4

Black-bellied Plover  1    Fly over

Semipalmated Plover  30

Piping Plover  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Ruddy Turnstone  6

White-rumped Sandpiper  6

Least Sandpiper  3

Semipalmated Sandpiper  450

Laughing Gull  12

Ring-billed Gull  47

American Herring Gull  26

Great Black-backed Gull  6

Double-crested Cormorant  90    Out on the sisters

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow  2

House Sparrow  12

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059532

Fisherman’s Bend Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 23, 2025 10:37 AM – 11:10 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC walk

13 species

Common Eider  1

Mourning Dove  1

American Oystercatcher  18

Black-bellied Plover  35

Short-billed Dowitcher  1

Ruddy Turnstone  2

Laughing Gull  3

American Herring Gull  2

Double-crested Cormorant  26

Northern Mockingbird  1

House Sparrow  12

American Goldfinch  2

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059528

Great Meadows NWR–Concord Unit, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 21, 2025 5:59 PM – 8:07 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.616 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Great Meadows NWR – Leaders: Cris Van Dyke and Kathy Dia – Seasonably mild 60’s F. No Nighthawks.

32 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  15

Mute Swan  3

Wood Duck  140    Many flocks of 10-30 at a time coming in to roost for the night.

Mallard  40

Mourning Dove  5

Chimney Swift  25

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  4

Northern Harrier  1

Belted Kingfisher  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Heard

Eastern Kingbird  3

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Barn Swallow  40

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Marsh Wren  2

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  3

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  16

American Goldfinch  10

Song Sparrow  6

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Common Yellowthroat  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059519

Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.78989, -70.80909, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 21, 2025 3:44 PM – 6:20 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.326 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip to explore shorebirds and other birds.

30 species

Gadwall  3

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  3

Green-winged Teal  1

Common Eider  2

Mourning Dove  3

Short-billed Dowitcher  10

Lesser Yellowlegs  5

Greater Yellowlegs  4

Semipalmated Sandpiper  1

Ring-billed Gull  4

American Herring Gull  220

Great Black-backed Gull  18

Double-crested Cormorant  44

Snowy Egret  15

Great Egret  19

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  2

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue Jay  1

Tree Swallow  2000

European Starling  60

Gray Catbird  1

Brown Thrasher  1

Cedar Waxwing  2

American Goldfinch  4

Eastern Towhee  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059524

Parker River NWR–Hellcat Dike, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 20, 2025 5:35 PM – 8:03 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.2 mile(s)

29 species (+1 other taxa)

Gadwall  6

Mallard  8

Green-winged Teal  2

Semipalmated Plover  40

Long-billed Dowitcher  12    Humped back, big belly.  kek, kek calls from group.  NP.

Lesser Yellowlegs  2

Greater Yellowlegs  45

Least Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  35

American Herring Gull  6

gull sp.  2500    Huge flock on the Ipswich side of PI Sound moving east.

Least Tern  1

Double-crested Cormorant  165    One huge skein moving  towards PI Sound

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  3    Two NP, one in flight

Black-crowned Night Heron  6

Tricolored Heron  1    Bill Forward Pool.  Continuing bird that has been seen off and on.

Snowy Egret  75

Great Egret  18

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Northern Harrier  1

Tree Swallow  20000    Not as spectacular as last night.

Barn Swallow  15

Gray Catbird  1    Heard

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  1

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  1    Heard

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286781159

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 17, 2025 7:56 AM – 10:16 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.987 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – hazy clear, light breeze, warming and humid

19 species

Mallard  5

Mourning Dove  2

American Herring Gull  18

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Double-crested Cormorant  9    Three on quarry, one fishing

Green Heron  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue Jay  6

American Crow  2

Tree Swallow  8

Barn Swallow  1

Carolina Wren  1    Heard only

European Starling  5

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow  2

Common Grackle  4

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286920314

Squantum (please use more refined location), Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 17, 2025 7:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC/Boston Bird Festival trip; Glenn d’Entremont leader, 20 participants  Bird thought to be Black Tern needs to be reviewed looking at images taken as in poor light

44 species

Mallard  2

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

American Oystercatcher  1

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  1

Short-billed Dowitcher  17

Wilson’s Phalarope  1    continuing, smaller than lesser yellowlegs and shorter, bill thin and long, black eye patch with line toward bill ahead of eye, white underparts, yellow legs, white rump, feeding by walking rapidly and picking off surface, back grayish and unmarked like adult non-breeding

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  10

Greater Yellowlegs  60

Least Sandpiper  10

Semipalmated Sandpiper  500

Laughing Gull  1

American Herring Gull  X

Great Black-backed Gull  X

Forster’s Tern  1    tern with black eye patch and paler back and wings

Common Tern  4

Double-crested Cormorant  19

Snowy Egret  4

Great Egret  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Barn Swallow (American)  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

Carolina Wren  5

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  16

American Robin  3

Cedar Waxwing  10

American Goldfinch  10

Saltmarsh Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  10

Common Grackle  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

American Redstart  3

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S268656264