Belle Isle Marsh–John Joseph Kilmartin Pathway, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 2, 2026 8:02 AM – 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.672 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk, Neil Calabro and Mike McCarthy, co-leaders.
32 species
Mallard 14
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 8
American Oystercatcher 1
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Plover 6
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
American Herring Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Black-crowned Night Heron 1 Immature
Snowy Egret 8
Great Egret 6
Osprey (American) 2 Each one feeding on a fish
Eastern Phoebe 1
Common Raven 1
Bank Swallow 1 Tracking the small brown-backed swallow through the scope. White below flying back and forth with some barn swallows over the channel and then the grasses showing the dark breast band.
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow (American) 4
European Starling 300 Estimated
Gray Catbird 6
Cedar Waxwing 5
House Sparrow 8
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 9
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 6
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 8
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S379554839
Short Beach, Winthrop, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 2, 2026 9:52 AM – 10:39 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club walk, Neil Calabro and Mike McCarthy, co-leaders.
17 species (+1 other taxa)
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 43 Including 3 chicks capturing spider crabs
White-winged Scoter 6
Black Scoter 2 2 drakes
American Oystercatcher 8
Semipalmated Plover 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 17
peep sp. 13
Ring-billed Gull 1
American Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Common Tern (hirundo/tibetana) 13
Common Loon 3 2 adults in summer plumage and one immature
Wilson’s Storm-Petrel 3 Continuing to fly low over the water back and forth between Short Beach and Nahant
Double-crested Cormorant 127 Minimum
Barn Swallow (American) 4
House Sparrow 7
House Finch 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S379554846
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