BHI–Deer Island, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US

Feb 1, 2025 9:08 AM – 10:51 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.878 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC trip led by Soheil Zendeh & Justine Hanson. Blustery winds & snow blowing straight at us plus icy paths led us to just do a short portion of each side. Fun & hardy group!

18 species

Brant  4

American Black Duck  2

Common Eider  300    Estimate. We saw distant huge rafts but didn’t get close enough to count them.

Surf Scoter  8

White-winged Scoter  4

Black Scoter  8

Long-tailed Duck  2

Bufflehead  10

Common Goldeneye  3

Red-breasted Merganser  8

Mourning Dove  3

Ring-billed Gull  50

American Herring Gull  20

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Iceland Gull  3    One first year and at least two adults, all flying.

Common Loon  2

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S211659964