Revere Beach, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Nov 9, 2025 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.31 kilometer(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Gull Identification Walk
Leaders: John Edmondson & Samuel Harris
Temperature: 53 – 55°F
Large White-headed Gull Molt Terminology Mentioned : Equivalent Plumage
First Cycle Juvenile (FCJ) : Juvenile
First Prealternate (FPA) Molt : First-Winter
First Cycle Alternate (FCA) : First-Summer
Second Prebasic (SPB) Molt : First-Summer > Second-winter
Second Cycle Basic (SCB) : Second-winter
Third Prebasic (TPB) Molt : Second-winter > Third-winter
Third Cycle Basic (TCB) : Third-winter
Fourth/Definitive Prebasic (F/DPB) Molt : Third-winter > Adult Winter
Definitive Cycle Basic (DCB) : Adult Winter
22 species
Brant (Pale-bellied) 10 Raft
Common Eider (Dresser’s) 10 2 atop rocks and a raft of 8
Surf Scoter 8 Likely higher. Raft out towards the lighthouse.
White-winged Scoter 15 Rafts everywhere
Black Scoter 4 Flock heading north
Bufflehead 1 Briefly seen trekking north
Red-breasted Merganser 8 Females/Immatures flying south
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 100 Estimated
Mourning Dove 4 Flying away from the Merlin
Ring-billed Gull 15 13DPBs, 2SPBs flying south
American Herring Gull 40 20DPBs, 2TPBs, 2SPBs, 15FPAs, 1FCJ (likely subarctic)
Great Black-backed Gull 6 5DPBs, 1FPA
Horned Grebe 12
Red-throated Loon 3
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 1 Flying out near lighthouse
Double-crested Cormorant 95 Estimated. Skeins traveling SE.
Merlin (Taiga) 1 Chasing MODOs along Boulevard.
Blue Jay 1
European Starling 25 Estimated. Mumuration flying around Ocean Ave Apartments.
House Sparrow 5
American Goldfinch 1 Heard calls from pine trees
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S284344050
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