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Parker River NWR–Hellcat Dike, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 14, 2024 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.25 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Comfortable temps, some smoke haze, low 70’s, hi tide at 7:50.  Led BBC’s Evening With the Swallows walk.

35 species

Canada Goose  40

Mallard  30    Probably many more in the distance

Green-winged Teal  2

Virginia Rail  1

Sora  1    Heard

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  200

Short-billed Dowitcher  35

Long-billed Dowitcher  12

Lesser Yellowlegs  10

Greater Yellowlegs  35

White-rumped Sandpiper  2

Semipalmated Sandpiper  800    The BFP flock got reschuffled several times due to a Peregrine.

Ring-billed Gull  2

Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Least Tern  4

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Least Bittern  2    NP

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  5    Adults.  Way down NP.

Black-crowned Night Heron  5

Snowy Egret  19

Great Egret  12

Great Blue Heron  4

Northern Harrier  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Eastern Kingbird  1

Tree Swallow  100000    Huge swirling masses extending way high into the sky over North Pool.

European Starling  20

Gray Catbird  1

American Robin  1

Eastern Towhee  1

Bobolink  1

Red-winged Blackbird  1

Common Yellowthroat  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S192816737

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