Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth US-MA 41.96114, -70.65518, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Aug 14, 2025 2:10 PM – 2:53 PM

Protocol: Traveling

11.151 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Captain John’s Whale Watch

14 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  6

American Black Duck  2

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  18

Semipalmated Plover  19

Whimbrel  7

Laughing Gull  31

American Herring Gull  7

Great Black-backed Gull  3

gull sp.  150

Common Tern  16

Roseate Tern  1

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel  18

Double-crested Cormorant  140

Osprey  10

Barn Swallow  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S267491889

Stellwagen Bank–Race Point Waters, Barnstable, Massachusetts, US

Aug 14, 2025 2:54 PM – 5:12 PM

Protocol: Traveling

26.705 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Capt John Whale Watch

10 species

Laughing Gull  13

American Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Common Tern  1

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel  6

Cory’s Shearwater  28

Great Shearwater  17

Sooty Shearwater  1

Manx Shearwater  5

Tree Swallow  8

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S267491887

Franklin Park–Scarboro Pond, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 10, 2025 9:00 AM – 10:43 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.628 mile(s)

29 species

Wood Duck  1

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2

Downy Woodpecker  4

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Tufted Titmouse  4

Barn Swallow  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  2

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  1

American Goldfinch  1

Black-and-white Warbler  1

American Redstart  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1    Surprised this flagged. Probably a bird of the year. Yellow cheek with green tones. White throat and belly with black streaking. Greenish back.

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S266396525

Plumbush Marshes, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 7, 2025 10:02 AM – 12:31 PM

Protocol: Traveling

8.919 mile(s)

39 species

Canada Goose  18

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  1

American Black Duck  5

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2

Mourning Dove  1

Black-bellied Plover  1

Killdeer  1

Short-billed Dowitcher  2

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  11

Willet  9

Greater Yellowlegs  82

White-rumped Sandpiper  17

Least Sandpiper  4

Semipalmated Sandpiper  85

American Herring Gull  15

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Common Tern  9

Double-crested Cormorant  39

Snowy Egret  1

Green Heron  1

Great Egret  17

Great Blue Heron  3

Turkey Vulture  2

Osprey  21

Eastern Kingbird  3

American Crow  1

Bank Swallow  1

Tree Swallow  40

Purple Martin  1

Barn Swallow  3

Marsh Wren  7

European Starling  60

American Goldfinch  2

Saltmarsh Sparrow  12

Bobolink  7

Red-winged Blackbird  9

Common Grackle  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S266563510

Millennium Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 3, 2025 7:55 AM – 12:14 PM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

40 species

Canada Goose  13

Mallard  7

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  9

Virginia Rail  1    Calling for 5 minutes

Killdeer  5

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Least Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  1

Great Egret  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1    Juvenile with red crescents at wingtips continuing

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

Willow Flycatcher  7    Most near Woodpecker  Corner in front of Fall Sunflower stand

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  2

Barn Swallow  9

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  6    Lots of them

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  7

Northern Mockingbird  4

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  18

House Sparrow  3

American Goldfinch  9

Song Sparrow  7

Red-winged Blackbird  3

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow Warbler  2

Northern Cardinal  2

Indigo Bunting  1    Michael McCarthy heard it on the ruins Trail & confirmed by Merlin. I had it on Merlin too but didnt hear it. Heard facing Sawmill Brook near the corner to the trail that connects to the paved perimeter trail.

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S265723705

Millennium Park–West Roxbury High School Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 3, 2025 10:39 AM – 11:39 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

22 species

Canada Goose  42

Wood Duck  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  8

Solitary Sandpiper  1

Green Heron  6

Great Blue Heron  3

Belted Kingfisher  2

Downy Woodpecker  3

Eastern Kingbird  4

Blue Jay  3

Common Raven  1

Tree Swallow  6

Barn Swallow  1

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  5

American Goldfinch  5

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Common Grackle  4

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S265723702

Wompatuck SP (Plymouth Co.), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Aug 3, 2025 7:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.3 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC leader appreciation day; walk given prior-Glenn d’Entremont leader; 18 participants on walk, 22 participants at lunch

35 species

Wood Duck  10

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  6

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Eastern Phoebe  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  4

Eastern Kingbird  3

Red-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  9

Tufted Titmouse  7

Purple Martin  2

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  6

Brown Creeper  2

Carolina Wren  1

Gray Catbird  6

Veery  1

Hermit Thrush  2

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  1

American Goldfinch  7

Chipping Sparrow  2

Eastern Towhee  7

Baltimore Oriole  2

Common Grackle  16

Ovenbird  2

Black-and-white Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

Pine Warbler  1

Scarlet Tanager  2

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S265723707

Squantum Marshes, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 2, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.28 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC walk. High tide: 6:22am. Chilly this morning, maxing out at 63°F during this walk, sunny, slightly breezy.

Also good looks at a Coyote

35 species

Mallard  9

American Black Duck  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  15

Semipalmated Plover  7

Whimbrel (Hudsonian)  1    *Uncommon but usually annual here. Good looks at it flying back and forth on the east side marshes for a few minutes before it flew away towards Marina Bay. 

No white on the rump/back, so expected Hudsonian ssp.

Short-billed Dowitcher  13

Lesser Yellowlegs  20

Willet (Eastern)  2    prior to actual trip

Greater Yellowlegs  27

White-rumped Sandpiper  1

Least Sandpiper  6

Semipalmated Sandpiper  300

American Herring Gull  2

Great Black-backed Gull  X

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Snowy Egret  6

Great Egret  4

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Osprey (American)  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Peregrine Falcon  1    Buzzed the pannes around 8:40

Tree Swallow  5

Barn Swallow (American)  8

European Starling  20

Northern Mockingbird  4

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  1

Saltmarsh Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S265723691

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 29, 2025 7:35 AM – 10:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

5.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny and hot.  Low tide at 9:30am.  Led BBC walk.  Stops at main salt panne(2), NPO, SIP, and Hellcat dike.

46 species

Canada Goose  20

Gadwall  2

Mallard  12

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  1

Short-billed Dowitcher  13

Long-billed Dowitcher  2    Main salt panne.  On our first pass past the pannes, I thought these two were good candidates for LODO’s, but unsure.  After out second pass through here, and talking with several other birders, I am confident that these two birds were LODO’s.

Lesser Yellowlegs  3

Willet  2

Greater Yellowlegs  12

Least Sandpiper  3

Semipalmated Sandpiper  11

Ring-billed Gull  4

American Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Least Tern  6

Common Tern  3

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Least Bittern  1    Hellcat, south side.

Black-crowned Night Heron  1    NPO

Snowy Egret  6

Great Egret  7

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  7

Northern Flicker  1

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  45

Purple Martin  17

Marsh Wren  2

European Starling  30

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  3

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  12

American Goldfinch  4

Saltmarsh Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  8

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S264167329

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 20, 2025 7:59 AM – 10:11 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.306 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – clouding up, nice breeze, 70s

24 species

Mallard  5

Common Eider  17

Chimney Swift  7

American Herring Gull  32    Most on quarry

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Eastern Phoebe  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1    Heard only

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow  2

Carolina Wren  2    Heard only

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  2    by Don McManus

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  2

Common Grackle  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286920284

Charles River Bike Path–Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 19, 2025 8:10 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Waltham Land Trust, Brookline Bird Club, Menotomy-Arlington Bird Club joint walk along Charles River Waltham from Shaw’s entrance River St to Moody St. Sunny, warm & not humid. Along with the birds with saw many Painted Turtles, Blue Dasher & Amber Dragonflies.

21 species

Canada Goose  31

Mallard  16

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Mourning Dove  1

Chimney Swift  2

American Herring Gull  1    Hanging out at the Bemis Dam with the Canada Geese.

Great Blue Heron  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Warbling Vireo  6

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  1    Landry Park.

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  10    Sand bathing in the dirt by the Edison Building & a few around the Mill Bldg.

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Grackle  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S262469858

Gloucester Harbor, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 18, 2025 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC sponsored 7 seas whale and birding. MH and JE

10 species

Common Eider  9

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

American Herring Gull  110

Great Black-backed Gull  35

Common Loon  1

Double-crested Cormorant  225

Osprey  1

Tree Swallow  1

House Sparrow  1

Common Grackle  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S267087581

Jeffreys Ledge–Scantum Basin, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 18, 2025 9:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Protocol: Traveling

47.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    MH & JE. From  outside the Gloucester harbor to Jeffreys Ledge to North Stellwegen and back on BBC sponsored Seven Seas boat

12 species (+2 other taxa)

Common Eider  2

Least Sandpiper  3    fly by

Laughing Gull  1

American Herring Gull  35

Great Black-backed Gull  24

gull sp.  6

Common Tern  2

Common Loon  1

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel  22

Cory’s Shearwater  5

shearwater sp.  3

Northern Gannet  1

Double-crested Cormorant  26

Tree Swallow  3    fly by

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S267087590