Castle Island and Pleasure Bay, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 1, 2026 9:14 AM – 11:39 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.262 mile(s)

24 species

Common Eider  2    A couple females or juvies

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  35

Mourning Dove  1

Killdeer  2

Semipalmated Plover  2

Ruddy Turnstone  4    Lifer! Awesome spot by DCR staff, quartet stood out against the green agae on rocks

Razorbill  1    Continuing, molting individual rafting and preening

Laughing Gull  4

Ring-billed Gull  35

American Herring Gull  50    Estimate

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Common Tern  7

Double-crested Cormorant  30

Great Egret  1    Fishing! Caught two rock gunnels :O

Osprey  4

Downy Woodpecker  1

Blue Jay  3

Barn Swallow  7

European Starling  15    Estimate

Northern Mockingbird  3    Territorial

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  60

Song Sparrow  1

Common Grackle  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S379350744

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Bring Back Bobolinks! This year the BBC is introducing new Endangered Species Program. Each year we plan to focus on a single bird species facing serious threats in Massachusetts and elsewhere. With this effort we

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