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Squantum Marshes, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 8, 2026 5:55 AM – 8:03 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.315 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC/SSBC walk. Sunny, breezy (~5-8mph), mid 70s

High tide 7:25am

31 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  1

American Black Duck  5

Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  20

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  3

Semipalmated Plover  5

Short-billed Dowitcher (griseus)  3

Lesser Yellowlegs  21

Greater Yellowlegs  36

Least Sandpiper  10

Semipalmated Sandpiper  750

American Herring Gull  5

Common Tern  15

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Snowy Egret  97

Great Egret  34

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Osprey (American)  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

American Crow  4

Barn Swallow (American)  15

European Starling  100

American Robin  2

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  2

Saltmarsh Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10

Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S381947631

Squantum–Nickerson Rock Park, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 8, 2026 8:07 AM – 9:56 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.603 mile(s)

25 species

Semipalmated Plover  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  10

Laughing Gull  3

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  60

Great Black-backed Gull  8

Common Tern  125    large feeding group plus birds sitting on spits

Roseate Tern  2    *Very rare for Quincy. Glenn and Dan repeatedly picked out their calls early on, the distinct two-part “chi-vik” call. Eventually Dan did have sustained looks in the scope at one, and the group was able to see it as it flew out towards Moon Island.

Paler upperparts that COTE, all black bill, long streamers, more level flight with slower wingbeats. Got photos that are pretty poor, but did manage a recording

Double-crested Cormorant  200

Black-crowned Night Heron  1    Adult flushed out of the quarry

Snowy Egret  1

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1

Osprey (American)  4

Bald Eagle  1    Soaring towards Boston

Blue Jay  2

Common Raven  3

Tufted Titmouse  1

Carolina Wren  4

Gray Catbird  4

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  5

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2

American Redstart  2    Nice looks at one male, second singing

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S381947636

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