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Belle Isle Marsh–John Joseph Kilmartin Pathway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 21, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk, 6-21-26 co-led by Michael McCarthy & Neil Calabro

39 species

Mallard  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6

Mourning Dove  8

Chimney Swift  5

American Oystercatcher  5

Killdeer  2

Short-billed Dowitcher  1    Feeding in the mud Short Beach Creek as tide was falling

Willet  18    Everywhere!

Least Tern  1

Common Tern  1

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Snowy Egret  8

Great Egret  5

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  3

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Tree Swallow  12

Barn Swallow  8

European Starling  51

Gray Catbird  8

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  4

House Sparrow  10

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow  7

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  13

Northern Yellow Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S361617984

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 21, 2026 10:13 AM – 10:41 AM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Bird Walk, 6-21-26 co-led by Michael McCarthy & Neil Calabro

9 species

American Black Duck  2

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  22    Crèche with 2 hens 10 chicks

Surf Scoter  2

American Herring Gull  16    Feasting on spider crabs

Great Black-backed Gull  8

Common Loon  1

Double-crested Cormorant  47

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  5

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S361617998

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1979

1979 STATISTICAL REPORT  Gray birds gathered us together in 1979. Their fleeting lives were long journeys. While we wondered at the mystery of their comings, and listened to the learned explanations, didn't we delight in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1978

1978 STATISTICAL REPORT When he came to grene wode,In a merry mornyngeThere he herde the notes smallOf byrdes mery syngynge. Two wayward birds joined the BBC Massachusetts Life List in 1978. The first. a brilliant yellow, black, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1977

1977 STATISTICAL REPORT  The Brookline Bird Club identified 296 species of birds in Massachusetts during 1977, including 17 additions to the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List as follows:  McCown's Longspur               Bridgewater                1-16  Sandhill Crane                        Bridgewater                1-22  Red-bellied Woodpecker        Southwick                   2-13  Gyrfalcon                                Newburyport              3-5  [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 1975

1975 STATISTICAL REPORT During 1975 the Brookline Bird Club identified 804 species (plus two hybrids) and listed among these, 22 write-ins on the Massachusetts Audubon Society Check List. A selective list of these write-ins follows: [...]

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