Plumbush Marshes, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 31, 2024 9:11 AM – 11:31 AM

Protocol: Traveling

15.413 mile(s)

36 species

Mute Swan  2

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1

Semipalmated Plover  6

Short-billed Dowitcher  4

Spotted Sandpiper  2

Lesser Yellowlegs  14

Willet  1

Greater Yellowlegs  53

Least Sandpiper  8

Semipalmated Sandpiper  34

Bonaparte’s Gull  35

Laughing Gull  1

Herring Gull (American)  15

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Lesser Black-backed Gull  1

Least Tern  2

Common Tern  51

Double-crested Cormorant  175

Snowy Egret  3

Great Egret  28

Great Blue Heron  4

Turkey Vulture  2

Osprey  9

Northern Harrier  3

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Belted Kingfisher  2

Peregrine Falcon  2

American Crow  1

Tree Swallow  200

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  11

European Starling  225

Seaside Sparrow  2

Eastern Meadowlark  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194406148

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

Aug 31, 2024 6:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 8 participants

45 species

Canada Goose  29

Mallard  2

Mourning Dove  11

Double-crested Cormorant  1

Green Heron  1

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (carolinensis)  2

Cooper’s Hawk  2

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Eastern Screech-Owl  2

Belted Kingfisher  2

Red-bellied Woodpecker  3

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

Eastern Wood-Pewee  1

Eastern Phoebe  2

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  6

Common Raven  3

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Tufted Titmouse  8

Tree Swallow  1500

Barn Swallow (American)  7

White-breasted Nuthatch  5

House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  10

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  28

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  4

Cedar Waxwing  12

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  5

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  17

Swamp Sparrow  1

Bobolink  15

Baltimore Oriole  4

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  6

Common Yellowthroat  3

Northern Cardinal  10

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194406139

Belle Isle Marsh, Winthrop, Fishermen’s Bend Park

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Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.75090, -70.79942, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 21, 2024 3:41 PM – 7:06 PM

Protocol: Traveling

9.272 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk AT PRNWR

32 species

Canada Goose  24

Gadwall  2

Mallard  15

American Black Duck  11

Green-winged Teal  1

Killdeer  3

Hudsonian Godwit  1

Short-billed Dowitcher  13

Long-billed Dowitcher  1

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  3

Greater Yellowlegs  13

Semipalmated Sandpiper  68

Herring Gull  5

Least Tern  2

Forster’s Tern  3

Double-crested Cormorant  16

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  1    Juvenile bird continuing at north pool

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Snowy Egret  8

Great Egret  17

Great Blue Heron  5

Osprey  4

Downy Woodpecker  1

Eastern Kingbird  7

Tree Swallow  140

Gray Catbird  4

Cedar Waxwing  1

American Goldfinch  4

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Yellow Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S192816743

Halibut Point SP, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 18, 2024 8:02 AM – 9:22 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.184 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC – Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Morning – Leader: Peter Van Demark – cloudy, high 60s, ending with rain; quiet day

13 species

Common Eider  2

Mourning Dove  3

Herring Gull  30

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tree Swallow  50

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  11

American Goldfinch  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S192816745

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

Aug 15, 2024 5:28 PM – 8:02 PM

Protocol: Traveling

2.233 mile(s)

33 species

Canada Goose  4

Mute Swan  2

Wood Duck  31

Mallard  27

Mourning Dove  3

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Virginia Rail  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  8

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Great Blue Heron  8

Osprey  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Bald Eagle  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Hairy Woodpecker  2

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Kingbird  4

Blue Jay  16

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  5

Barn Swallow  4

White-breasted Nuthatch  3

Marsh Wren  4

Carolina Wren  2

Gray Catbird  7

American Robin  3

American Goldfinch  3

Song Sparrow  7

Swamp Sparrow  1

Common Yellowthroat  3

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S192816742

Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

Aug 15, 2024 1:40 PM – 2:26 PM

Protocol: Traveling

7.184 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Whale Watch Trip on Capt Johns Whalewatch, Plymouth.  Part 1 Inner harbor

12 species

Mallard  2

American Black Duck  1

Black-bellied Plover  1

Semipalmated Plover  15

Laughing Gull  6

Herring Gull  6

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Common Tern  8

Double-crested Cormorant  11

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Barn Swallow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S192816739

Aug 15, 2024 2:37 PM – 4:29 PM

Protocol: Traveling

19.751 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Whale Watching Trip on Capt John’s Tails of the Sea in Plymouth.  Part 2, Cape Cod Bay off Race Point

11 species

Parasitic Jaeger  1

Laughing Gull  19

Herring Gull  28

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Common Tern  15

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel  12

Cory’s Shearwater  1

Great Shearwater  33

Sooty Shearwater  2

Manx Shearwater  1

Barn Swallow  1

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

Aug 14, 2024 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Comfortable temps, some smoke haze, low 70’s, hi tide at 7:50.  Led BBC’s Evening With the Swallows walk.

35 species

Canada Goose  40

Mallard  30    Probably many more in the distance

Green-winged Teal  2

Virginia Rail  1

Sora  1    Heard

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  200

Short-billed Dowitcher  35

Long-billed Dowitcher  12

Lesser Yellowlegs  10

Greater Yellowlegs  35

White-rumped Sandpiper  2

Semipalmated Sandpiper  800    The BFP flock got reschuffled several times due to a Peregrine.

Ring-billed Gull  2

Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Least Tern  4

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Least Bittern  2    NP

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  5    Adults.  Way down NP.

Black-crowned Night Heron  5

Snowy Egret  19

Great Egret  12

Great Blue Heron  4

Northern Harrier  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Tree Swallow  100000    Huge swirling masses extending way high into the sky over North Pool.

European Starling  20

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  1

Eastern Towhee  1

Bobolink  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S192816737

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

Aug 3, 2024 6:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, Glenn d’Entremont leader, 16 participants, trip began 7:00

53 species

Mallard  2    eclipse plumage male

American Black Duck  19

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  X

Mourning Dove  31

Chimney Swift  2

American Oystercatcher  3

Killdeer  2

Semipalmated Plover  4

Short-billed Dowitcher  5

Lesser Yellowlegs  4

Willet (Eastern)  3

Greater Yellowlegs  13

Least Sandpiper  10

Pectoral Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  80

Laughing Gull  2

Ring-billed Gull  X

Herring Gull (American)  X

Great Black-backed Gull  X

Common Tern  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Black-crowned Night Heron  1

Snowy Egret  8

Great Egret  10

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3

Osprey (carolinensis)  5

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2

American Kestrel  3    likely a family group; ad male, female, and young which kept (presumably) calling/begging

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Blue Jay  1

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  2

Purple Martin  2    surprised this is not a rarity; my first in Squantum in 50 years

Barn Swallow (American)  15

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

House Wren  1

European Starling  X

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  6

American Robin  5

Cedar Waxwing  3

House Sparrow  X

House Finch  2

American Goldfinch  7

Saltmarsh Sparrow  5

Song Sparrow  8

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  2

Common Grackle  4

Yellow Warbler (Northern)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S190384357

Gloucester Harbor, Gloucester US-MA 42.59607, -70.67375, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 27, 2024 8:35 AM – 12:16 PM

Protocol: Traveling

59.939 mile(s)

18 species

American Black Duck  32

Common Eider  13

Black Scoter  1    Heading out of harbor past breakwater

Black Guillemot  1    Seen near Thatcher Island. Black alcid with white wing patches in its summer plumage. Photos

Laughing Gull  1

Herring Gull  300    Underestimated count, many seen roosting on islands and outcrops

Great Black-backed Gull  42

Common Tern  18    Feeding in Gloucester Harbor at boat dock

Wilson’s Storm-Petrel  6

Cory’s Shearwater  14

Great Shearwater  26

Sooty Shearwater  1

Manx Shearwater  3

Northern Gannet  1

Double-crested Cormorant  500    Underestimated count, many roosting on islands and outcrops

Little Blue Heron  1    Ten Pound Island

Great Egret  21    1 Under the pilings at boat dock; 20 on 10 pound island

Tree Swallow  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S189388354