Belle Isle Cemetery and Winthrop Compost Dump, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 30, 2025 8:00 AM – 10:20 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.75 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk 11-30-25

24 species

Brant  40

Canada Goose  85

Mallard  4

American Black Duck  18

White-winged Scoter  3

Black Scoter  1

Bufflehead  8

Red-breasted Merganser  8

Mourning Dove  2

Ring-billed Gull  12

American Herring Gull  14

Great Blue Heron  4

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Northern Harrier  1    female

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  5

American Crow  2

Black-capped Chickadee  1

European Starling  18

House Finch  22

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  4

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S287312809

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 30, 2025 9:40 AM – 10:25 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club walk 11-30-25

Mammal: harbor seal

16 species

Brant  2

American Black Duck  2

Common Eider  51

Surf Scoter  34

White-winged Scoter  18

Black Scoter  2

Red-breasted Merganser  25

Mourning Dove  1

Ring-billed Gull  17

American Herring Gull  12

Great Black-backed Gull  7

Horned Grebe  5

Red-necked Grebe  1    With the horned grebes

Red-throated Loon  1

Common Loon  7

Northern Harrier  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S287312813

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