Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

May 11, 2025 7:53 AM – 11:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.89 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Intermediate Low to High Tide

Joint BBC/BNC Walk 

Leaders: Mike McCarthy, Neil Calabro, Correne George & Samuel Harris

41 species

Canada Goose  4

Mallard  8

American Black Duck  6

Bufflehead  2    *Late. Pair in channel.

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  20

Mourning Dove  7

Chimney Swift  6

Lesser Yellowlegs  10

Willet (Eastern)  5

Greater Yellowlegs  15

Least Sandpiper  16

American Herring Gull  30

Great Black-backed Gull  1    Adult flying south

Least Tern  35

Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana)  12

Double-crested Cormorant  15

Glossy Ibis  3

Snowy Egret  4

Great Egret  4

Osprey (American)  4

Bald Eagle  2    First and Third Years

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  3    2 Adults, 1 First Year

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2    Pair

Warbling Vireo (Eastern)  3

Blue Jay  1    Flying north

Tree Swallow  20    10 Pairs

Barn Swallow (American)  6    Nesting under bridge

European Starling  25

Northern Mockingbird  1    Singing in thickets by overlook.

American Robin  4    3 eggs, 2 nests

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  8

American Goldfinch  10

White-throated Sparrow  1    Tan-striped at feeders

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  8

Swamp Sparrow  1    At feeders

Baltimore Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  15

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  12

Northern Parula  1    Male

Northern Cardinal  2    Pair

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237107391

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