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

Oct 25, 2026 8:00 AM – 10:14 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.202 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC & BNC Walk

Leaders: Mike McCarthy, Neil Calabro & Samuel Harris

38 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  12    6 Pairs

American Black Duck  8    4 Pairs

Red-breasted Merganser  7    Raft of f/imm in Creek

Wild Turkey  2    Females

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  40

Mourning Dove  6

Black-bellied Plover  3    Trio heard & seen flying to Winthrop Beach

Lesser Yellowlegs  2    *Late. Juveniles congregating with GRYEs, pin-like bill, smaller brown upperbodies & yellow legs.

Greater Yellowlegs  28    Flock roosted along Creek until tide forced them into Pannes. Mostly Juveniles.

Ring-billed Gull  1    Adult headed NE to Short Beach

American Herring Gull  12    7 Ad, 1SC & 4 Juv

Double-crested Cormorant  330    Estimated. Skeins up to 140 passing overhead towards the Harbor.

Great Egret  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  5    4 along Creek, 1 hiding within reeds

Cooper’s Hawk  3    2 Juveniles chasing each other to Saratoga St Path & 1 Ad flew overhead of the bench

Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern)  1    Juvenile

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  4

falcon sp.  1    Overall shape & demeanor are better for MERL than AMKE or PEFA. However, long distance makes verification difficult.

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  4

Black-capped Chickadee  3

Tree Swallow  1    Flew SE showing blue upperbody & immaculate white underbody

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3

Carolina Wren  1    Singing & Scolding

European Starling  35    Estimated. Mumuration of 30 flew across Belle Isle Pannes.

Northern Mockingbird  3

American Robin  15

House Sparrow  1    Heard

American Pipit  1    Flyover, “Pip-pit” calls above us

House Finch  4

Purple Finch (Eastern)  1    *Male heard giving unique flight calls,  “tip-tip”, wherein they were located atop a nearby tree. They promptly flew off & landed onto another tree at (42.388542,-70.981988) showing their raspberry-red head, upperbody, underbody & tail before taking off SE.

American Goldfinch  8

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  5

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (Eastern)  10

Swamp Sparrow  2    Calling from thickets

Red-winged Blackbird (Common)  2    Males

Nashville Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  4    2m & 2f

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S405820043

Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Oct 25, 2026 10:14 AM – 11:03 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.243 kilometer(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC & BNC Walk

Leaders: Mike McCarthy, Neil Calabro & Samuel Harris

17 species

Brant (Pale-bellied)  20    2 Rafts of 10

American Black Duck  6    Flock circled above Short Creek before flying back to Belle Isle Marsh

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  70    Estimated. Rafts of 5 to 30.

Surf Scoter  35    Rafts of 10 & 25

White-winged Scoter  20    2 Rafts of 10

Black Scoter  12    Raft along Wavebreaker

Red-breasted Merganser  65    Estimated. Rafts between 10 & 20 around the Bay.

Laughing Gull  1    First Preformative (FPF) feasting on seaweed flies with RBGU flock

Ring-billed Gull  62    Flock foraging along N side of Beach. 57 Adults & 5 Juveniles.

American Herring Gull  20    10 congregating with RBGUs & 10 on Wavebreaker

Great Black-backed Gull  5    Adults, 4 atop Wavebreaker

Horned Grebe  3

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  15

Double-crested Cormorant  350    Estimated. Skeins up to 120, many traveling SW above Beach.

Blue Jay  1    Heard

European Starling  1    Heard

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S405820037

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2005

2005 Statistical and Year End Report By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2005, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, six species less than the previous year. To put [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2005

2005 Statistical and Year End Report By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2005, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, six species less than the previous year. To put [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2005

2005 Statistical and Year End Report By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2005, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, six species less than the previous year. To put [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of [...]

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