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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation–Morton St., Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 8, 2026 7:58 AM – 10:36 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.623 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC/BNC Walk

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

31 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  13

Wood Duck  4

Mallard  6

American Black Duck  42

Green-winged Teal (American)  32    Drakes, and 4 hens

Greater Scaup  4

Surf Scoter  23

Bufflehead  55

Common Goldeneye  2    Hens

Red-breasted Merganser  6

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  16

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  1

Ring-billed Gull  8

American Herring Gull  27

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Snowy Owl  1    spotted by Sam Harris

Downy Woodpecker  1

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1

Blue Jay  4

American Crow  4

Carolina Wren  4

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  16

House Sparrow  15

House Finch  4

American Goldfinch  9

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  38

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S311489355

Constitution Beach, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Mar 8, 2026 11:06 AM – 11:56 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Extension to BBC-Boston Nature Center Bird Walk 3-8-26

7 species (+1 other taxa)

American Black Duck  2

Long-tailed Duck  1

Bufflehead  6

Common Goldeneye  2

Red-breasted Merganser  2

gull sp.  25

Common Loon  1

European Starling  55

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S311489399

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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