Castle Island & Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
05-Mar-2023 08:35 – 10:53
Protocol: Traveling
1.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC field trip
24 species
Brant  5
Canada Goose  20    Distant flybys
American Black Duck  5
Common Eider  35
Surf Scoter  12
White-winged Scoter  8
Long-tailed Duck  2    Distant
Bufflehead  8
Common Goldeneye  5
Barrow’s Goldeneye  1    Continuing immature male. Photos.
Red-breasted Merganser  16
Purple Sandpiper  9
Razorbill  2    Separate, distant. Continuing
Ring-billed Gull  40
Herring Gull  20
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Common Loon  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
American Crow  1
Common Raven  1    Maybe two
European Starling  15
House Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  1
Common Grackle  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S130664930

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