Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
21-May-2022 06:45 – 08:45
Joint trip with DCR
Checklist Comments:    Bi-weekly bird walk, great fallout in the main park
53 species (+1 other taxa)
Mute Swan  1
Mallard  5
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Black-bellied Plover  4
Least Sandpiper  2
Willet  5
Herring Gull  6
Least Tern  2
Common Tern  4
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Glossy Ibis  4
Osprey  4
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher)  2
Least Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  6
Red-eyed Vireo  5
Blue Jay  2
Tree Swallow  18
Barn Swallow  9
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  1
Veery  1
Swainson’s Thrush  1
American Robin  10
Cedar Waxwing  6
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  3
Saltmarsh Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  5
Baltimore Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  5
Worm-eating Warbler  1    Seen by group
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  5
Cape May Warbler  2    Male and female
Magnolia Warbler  2
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  5    Maybe more
Yellow Warbler  5
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Canada Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S126017930

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