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

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

2024 Annual Report

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 283 species for 2024, with 274 species in Massachusetts (four more than 2023), and nine additional species reported from New Hampshire and Maine.  This total was based upon 262

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