Castle Island and Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Jan 12, 2025 8:15 AM – 10:55 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.5 mile(s)

20 species

Brant  25

American Black Duck  4

Common Eider  28

Surf Scoter  12

White-winged Scoter  4

Black Scoter  3

Long-tailed Duck  8

Bufflehead  6

Common Goldeneye  20

Red-breasted Merganser  15

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  50

Dunlin  60

Glaucous Gull  1    On jetty in pleasure bay

Red-throated Loon  5

Common Loon  8

Bald Eagle  1

Rough-legged Hawk  1    Hovering over airport

Downy Woodpecker  1

Song Sparrow  1

Pine Warbler  1    On vines on wall by shipping containers

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S209162094

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