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

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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