Castle Island and Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Nov 23, 2025 7:59 AM – 10:58 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.072 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Joint BBC/BNC Walk

Leaders: Correne George, Neil Calabro, Mike McCarthy & Samuel Harris

Low to Intermediate High Tide

24 species

Brant (Pale-bellied)  30

Canada Goose  48

American Black Duck  3

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  35

Surf Scoter  18

Long-tailed Duck  12

Bufflehead  50

Common Goldeneye  4

Red-breasted Merganser  40

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25

Ruddy Turnstone  3

Dunlin  102

Ring-billed Gull  55

American Herring Gull  40

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Horned Grebe  1

Red-throated Loon  12

Common Loon  10

Double-crested Cormorant  20

European Starling  6

House Sparrow  7

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286476241

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