Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Castle Island and Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Feb 23, 2025 7:45 AM – 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    This list is based on Michael McCarthy’s sightings. I wasn’t able to attend the walk so am using this so the BBC trip has a record for eBird.

22 species

Brant  1

Canada Goose  109

Common Eider  95

Surf Scoter  12

White-winged Scoter  1

Long-tailed Duck  12

Bufflehead  16

Common Goldeneye  5

Barrow’s Goldeneye  1    Continuing drake with common goldeneyes off Korean War Memorial

Red-breasted Merganser  15

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  12

Purple Sandpiper  4

Ring-billed Gull  18

American Herring Gull  65

Great Black-backed Gull  5

Red-throated Loon  3

Common Loon  8

Red-tailed Hawk  1

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  3

Snow Bunting  30

Song Sparrow  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S215602475

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