Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 8, 2024 9:15 AM – 2:14 PM

Protocol: Traveling

7.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Plum Island PRNWR- Leader Nick Paulson.  Sunny, cool and windy to start, warming as the day went. Quiet overall, shorebirds seemed to be flushed by Peregrines before we got to each stop, but finally we got good views of several shorebird species at Stage Island. The Guillemot continued to give good views at Emerson Rocks.

50 species (+5 other taxa)

Canada Goose  10

Gadwall  12

Mallard  13

American Black Duck  20

Green-winged Teal  8

Common Eider  10

Mourning Dove  4

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2

Black-bellied Plover  1

Semipalmated Plover  75

Short-billed Dowitcher  6

Long-billed Dowitcher  2

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  40

Lesser Yellowlegs  6

Greater Yellowlegs  20

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs  25

Ruddy Turnstone  1

Stilt Sandpiper  1

Sanderling  4

White-rumped Sandpiper  3

Least Sandpiper  2

Pectoral Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  75

peep sp.  150

shorebird sp.  10    Two flyby birds at Emerson Rocks were possibly Red Knot.

Black Guillemot  1    Continuing diving repeatedly at Emerson Rocks.

Ring-billed Gull  3

Herring Gull (American)  40

Great Black-backed Gull  10

Double-crested Cormorant  25

Snowy Egret  20

Great Egret  30

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  10

Turkey Vulture  8

Osprey (carolinensis)  4

Northern Harrier  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1

Peregrine Falcon  2

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  20

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tree Swallow  25

Barn Swallow (American)  20

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  2

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  12

American Robin  8

American Goldfinch  4

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5

Eastern Towhee  5

new world sparrow sp.  1    Possibly Savannah at lot 1

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194923968

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