Squantum Marshes, Norfolk, Massachusetts, US

Aug 2, 2025 7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

0.28 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    SSBC/BBC walk. High tide: 6:22am. Chilly this morning, maxing out at 63°F during this walk, sunny, slightly breezy.

Also good looks at a Coyote

35 species

Mallard  9

American Black Duck  3

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4

Mourning Dove  2

Chimney Swift  15

Semipalmated Plover  7

Whimbrel (Hudsonian)  1    *Uncommon but usually annual here. Good looks at it flying back and forth on the east side marshes for a few minutes before it flew away towards Marina Bay. 

No white on the rump/back, so expected Hudsonian ssp.

Short-billed Dowitcher  13

Lesser Yellowlegs  20

Willet (Eastern)  2    prior to actual trip

Greater Yellowlegs  27

White-rumped Sandpiper  1

Least Sandpiper  6

Semipalmated Sandpiper  300

American Herring Gull  2

Great Black-backed Gull  X

Double-crested Cormorant  4

Snowy Egret  6

Great Egret  4

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  4

Osprey (American)  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Peregrine Falcon  1    Buzzed the pannes around 8:40

Tree Swallow  5

Barn Swallow (American)  8

European Starling  20

Northern Mockingbird  4

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  2

House Sparrow  2

American Goldfinch  1

Saltmarsh Sparrow  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  4

Northern Cardinal  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S265723691

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

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