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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
26-Aug-2023 07:48 – 08:28
Protocol: International Shorebird Survey (ISS)
0.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk.
22 species
Mallard  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Least Sandpiper  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Short-billed Dowitcher  3
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  11
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  4
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  18
Snowy Egret  20
Peregrine Falcon  2    Immature birds, one male, one female based on size.  Put on a great show harassing the Shorebirds and Egrets.  Interacted with one another occassionaly.
Warbling Vireo  1    parking lot
Blue Jay  1
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  1
European Starling  15
Gray Catbird  1
American Goldfinch  2
Saltmarsh Sparrow  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148727476
Belle Isle Marsh Reservation–The Key Wildlife Observation Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts,
26-Aug-2023 08:46 – 09:09
Mallard  1
American Black Duck  4
Mourning Dove  2
Whimbrel  1    Flyover, calling.  Large, brownish shorebird with long, down turned bill, white-eyeline
Least Sandpiper  4
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Herring Gull  3
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Osprey  1
Tree Swallow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148727479
Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
26-Aug-2023 09:18 – 10:10
Common Eider  9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  16
Mourning Dove  2
American Oystercatcher  2
Semipalmated Plover  36
Semipalmated Sandpiper  26
Bonaparte’s Gull  2
Laughing Gull  6
Ring-billed Gull  21
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  82
Tree Swallow  1
European Starling  10
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148727480
Fisherman’s Bend Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
26-Aug-2023 10:12 – 10:32
American Oystercatcher  4
Black-bellied Plover  38    Max count on rocks.  As we were leaving, small groups began flying off.
Semipalmated Plover  6
Least Sandpiper  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
peep sp.  20
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull  5
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Egret  1
Carolina Wren  1    Heard
European Starling  6
Gray Catbird  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  1
House Finch  5
American Goldfinch  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S148727481

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