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
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