The Key Wildlife Observation Area, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 17, 2018 7:50 AM – 8:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Overcast, 72 degrees, dropping tide. Co-led BBC walk.
22 species
Mallard 1
Chimney Swift 1
Black-bellied Plover 3
Semipalmated Plover 22
Killdeer 7
Sanderling 3
Least Sandpiper 15
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 23
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 15
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 7
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 22
Snowy Egret 30
Osprey 2
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 1
American Robin 1
European Starling 150
House Sparrow 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715432
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Winthrop Beach and Five Sisters, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 17, 2018 8:45 AM – 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments: 72 degrees, overcast, dropping tide.
10 species
Common Eider 1
Mourning Dove 2
American Oystercatcher 2
Laughing Gull 5
Ring-billed Gull 50
Herring Gull 65
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Double-crested Cormorant 72
American Crow 2
House Sparrow 5
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715435
Fisherman’s Bend Park, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 17, 2018 9:25 AM – 9:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: 72 degrees, partly sunny, almost low tide. Co-led BBC walk.
14 species (+1 other taxa)
American Oystercatcher 3
Black-bellied Plover 7
peep sp. 20
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull (American) 31
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 50
Song Sparrow 2
House Sparrow 25
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715430
Revere Beach–Point of Pines, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 17, 2018 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.2 mile(s)
Comments: Mostly sunny, 76 degrees. Dead low tide. Vast expanse of flats, but not too many shorebirds. No BOGU’s.
10 species (+1 other taxa)
Black-bellied Plover 40
Semipalmated Plover 60
Sanderling 10
Least Sandpiper 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 85
peep sp. 350
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull X Spread out over so wide an area, too tough to count accurately.
Herring Gull X Spread out over so wide an area, too tough to count accurately.
Great Black-backed Gull 19 Probably more.
Common Tern 3
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North Shore Boat Works, Suffolk, Massachusetts, US
Aug 17, 2018 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Sunny, 77 degrees, low tide. Co-led BBC walk.
10 species (+3 other taxa)
Black-bellied Plover 9
Semipalmated Plover 15
Killdeer 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
peep sp. 30
Herring Gull 14
Herring Gull (American) 6
Common Tern 1
cormorant sp. 3
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 10
Snowy Egret 8
Osprey 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715421
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