Scituate, Marshfield, Ferry Hill Thicket, Shawme Pond, Scusset Beach

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BHI–Deer Island, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Feb 1, 2025 9:08 AM – 10:51 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.878 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip led by Soheil Zendeh & Justine Hanson. Blustery winds & snow blowing straight at us plus icy paths led us to just do a short portion of each side. Fun & hardy group!

18 species

Brant  4

American Black Duck  2

Common Eider  300    Estimate. We saw distant huge rafts but didn’t get close enough to count them.

Surf Scoter  8

White-winged Scoter  4

Black Scoter  8

Long-tailed Duck  2

Bufflehead  10

Common Goldeneye  3

Red-breasted Merganser  8

Mourning Dove  3

Ring-billed Gull  50

American Herring Gull  20

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Iceland Gull  3    One first year and at least two adults, all flying.

Common Loon  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S211659964

Gloucester Harbor, Back Beach, Granite Pier, Cathedral Ledge and Andrews Point

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BHI–Deer Island, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jan 26, 2025 9:03 AM – 11:36 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.35 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, 9 in addition to leader

19 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  1

Common Eider  500    Easily 500 probably a thousand

Surf Scoter  6

White-winged Scoter  3

Black Scoter  15

scoter sp.  1

Bufflehead  9

Common Goldeneye  3

Red-breasted Merganser  8

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  70    Rough estimate

American Herring Gull  42

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Common Loon  3

Common Raven  2

Carolina Wren  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Snow Bunting  1

Song Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S211659866

Gloucester Fish Pier, Eastern Point, Niles Pond & Brace Cove, Atlantic Road, Granite Pier, Cathedral Ledge and Halibut Pt

Highlights included a female King Eider at Halibut Pt, 18 Harlequin Ducks, a Ruddy Duck at Niles Pond, 52 Purple Sandpipers, 3 Razorbills and a Black Guillemot at Bass Rocks

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Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 19, 2025 8:01 AM – 10:27 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.2 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – notch in the weather: clear, 38, light north breeze

22 species

Mallard  7

Common Eider  25

Harlequin Duck  15

Surf Scoter  1

White-winged Scoter  1

Long-tailed Duck  11

Red-breasted Merganser  2

Purple Sandpiper  30

American Herring Gull  10

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Northern Gannet  1    Very distant

Great Cormorant  1

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

Carolina Wren  2    Heard only

European Starling  1

American Robin  40

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Sparrow  4    Heard only

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S210024960

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 19, 2025 7:44 AM – 10:34 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.276 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club- Mt. Auburn Cemetery- Leader: Kathy Dia- 32-42F and quite icy.

23 species

Canada Goose  33

Wild Turkey  2

Mourning Dove  7

Ring-billed Gull  1

Great Blue Heron  1

Red-tailed Hawk  3    One adult near the front gate. Two imm at Willow Pond.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    Male heard them seen between Indian Ridge and the dry dell.

Red-bellied Woodpecker  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  6

Blue Jay  12

Black-capped Chickadee  10

Tufted Titmouse  7

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  12

European Starling  24

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  15

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  3

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  6

White-throated Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  7

Orange-crowned Warbler  1    Continuing at the suet feeder at Lake Halcyon.

Northern Cardinal  10

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Charles River Bike Path–Watertown Square, Middlesex, Massachusetts, US

Jan 18, 2025 7:30 AM – 9:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk along the Charles River near Watertown Square

23 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  113

Mute Swan  3

Mallard  39

Mallard (Domestic type)  3

Ring-necked Duck  13

Bufflehead  7

Hooded Merganser  1

Common Merganser  9

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  7

Ring-billed Gull  3

American Herring Gull  7

Downy Woodpecker  3

Blue Jay  9

American Crow  4

Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Carolina Wren  3

European Starling  7

American Robin  5

House Sparrow  8

American Goldfinch  3

Dark-eyed Junco  3

Song Sparrow  3

Northern Cardinal  2

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Cumberland Farms (IBA), Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Jan 18, 2025 7:01 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.131 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Cumberland Farms Walk. 

Trip leader Ray Bedard joined by 6 others. 

About 25 degrees to start and warmed to the low thirties with the wind picking up towards the end of the walk.

24 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  70

duck sp.  2

Mourning Dove  1

American Herring Gull  7

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Northern Harrier  7

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  11    Common numbers tor this location. Several in one tree

American Kestrel  1

American Crow  1

Fish Crow  4

Common Raven  17    Common numbers for time of year and location

Carolina Wren (Northern)  2

European Starling  35

Eastern Bluebird  14

American Robin  35

Purple Finch  2

American Goldfinch  6

American Tree Sparrow  4

White-throated Sparrow  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern)  1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  21

Northern Cardinal  6

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Castle Island and Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jan 12, 2025 8:15 AM – 10:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

20 species

Brant  25

American Black Duck  4

Common Eider  28

Surf Scoter  12

White-winged Scoter  4

Black Scoter  3

Long-tailed Duck  8

Bufflehead  6

Common Goldeneye  20

Red-breasted Merganser  15

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  50

Dunlin  60

Glaucous Gull  1    On jetty in pleasure bay

Red-throated Loon  5

Common Loon  8

Bald Eagle  1

Rough-legged Hawk  1    Hovering over airport

Downy Woodpecker  1

Song Sparrow  1

Pine Warbler  1    On vines on wall by shipping containers

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S209162094