BHI–Deer Island, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Jan 23, 2022 9:13 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk, 25 degrees, cloudy then sunny, SW breeze. Low gull numbers, likely because they are all feasting on Revere Beach.
24 species
Brant  8
American Black Duck  6
Greater Scaup  1
Common Eider  750    Large raft off east side, careful estimate
Surf Scoter  24
White-winged Scoter  8
Black Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  8
Bufflehead  10
Common Goldeneye  6
Red-breasted Merganser  12
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  15
Iceland Gull  1    Adult
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Red-throated Loon  1
Common Loon  3
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Peregrine Falcon  1    Breezed through the parking lot after the walk ended
European Starling  200
Northern Mockingbird  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  3
Song Sparrow  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S101390747

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