Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 29, 2025 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

37 species

Mallard  3

Mourning Dove  4

Chimney Swift  2

American Oystercatcher  1

Killdeer  2

Short-billed Dowitcher  5

American Woodcock  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  4

Willet  10

Least Tern  2

Common Tern  2

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Black-crowned Night Heron  2

Snowy Egret  5

Great Egret  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Downy Woodpecker  2

American Kestrel  3    2 juv 1 adult

Eastern Kingbird  3

Tree Swallow  15

Purple Martin  2    Female visible from swamp boardwalk on Winthrop side of marsh on way to Short beach; second visible from boardwalk near RPM building hanging out on bird house; uncommon for this area

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  9    Many

Barn Swallow  3

Northern House Wren  2

European Starling  20

Gray Catbird  3

Northern Mockingbird  2

American Robin  8

Cedar Waxwing  1

House Sparrow  20

American Goldfinch  2

Song Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  20

Common Grackle  4

Yellow Warbler  5

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S255776957

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jun 29, 2025 10:16 AM – 10:46 AM

Protocol: Stationary

6 species

Common Eider  1

White-winged Scoter  1

Osprey  1

Tree Swallow  4

Barn Swallow  2

European Starling  1

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