Belle Isle Marsh–John Joseph Kilmartin Pathway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jul 26, 2026 8:00 AM – 9:59 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.087 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: Mass Audubon and Brookline Bird Club collaborative walk. Neil Calabro, Sam Harris, Mike McCarthy, co-leaders.
38 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 12
Mallard 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 25 18 flying around Orient Heights
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 2
Killdeer 9
Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus) 1
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Willet (Eastern) 2
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs 9
Least Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
peep sp. 25 Looked like Semis in Belle Isle pannes.
American Herring Gull 2
Least Tern 1
Common Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Snowy Egret 10
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 3
Osprey (American) 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 First Cycle Juvenile (FCJ). Feathers are fresh, no wing molt evident. Where could this youngster have come from? Cropped & lightened photos show their slender body, chest striations, primary crescents, and black-tipped primaries.
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2 Heard
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow (American) 3
Carolina Wren 1 Singing from behind overlook
European Starling 230 Estimate
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 44
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Sparrow 15 Albino Adult
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 6
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 10
Northern Yellow Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S378766056
Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jul 26, 2026 9:57 AM – 10:15 AM
12 species
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 45 Estimated. Many Juveniles.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
American Oystercatcher 6 5 headed to Winthrop, 1 on Wavebreaker
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 1 Adult swimming with Eiders off Wavebreaker
Common Tern 16
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel 7 *4 following a Blue Lobster boat within Broad Sound, while 3 circled N of another boat between Nahant & Winthrop. Unmistakable tiny swallow size, swallow-like flight, brown plumage, white rumps & black tails. Scope required.
Double-crested Cormorant 100 Estimated. Majority on Wavebreaker.
Great Egret 1
Barn Swallow (American) 2
House Sparrow 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S378766077
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