Revere Beach–Pink Apartments, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Feb 10, 2026 9:56 AM – 11:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.759 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: BBC walk, pop-up for the Gullapalooza. Fewer Gulls today but we saw Glaucous aand Iceland and got eveone on them. I counted 21 people including 2 leaders at one point. May have been more.
Gull estimatation method: We estimated total of 3500 gulls on the beach and near beach waters. We estimated about 5% Ring-billed and 7% or 8% Greater Black-backed, and the rest American Herring.
The other bird counts are direct counts or much more accurate estimates.
21 species
Canada Goose 6
Mallard 1
American Black Duck 2
Greater Scaup 3
Common Eider 200
Surf Scoter 3
White-winged Scoter 17
Black Scoter 6
Bufflehead 41
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 95
Sanderling 15
Ring-billed Gull 175 Estimate
American Herring Gull 3200 Estimate
Great Black-backed Gull 230 Estimate
Glaucous Gull 1 Pic
Iceland Gull 2 Pic of one
Common Loon 1
American Crow 8
House Sparrow 6
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S300359997
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