Plum Island–Parker River NWR & Sandy Pt. State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 30, 2026 9:30 AM – 1:50 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk – Plum Island – Leader Nick Paulson
56 species (+2 other taxa)
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 4
Mallard 10
Green-winged Teal 7
Mourning Dove 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Black-bellied Plover 2
Killdeer 4
Semipalmated Plover 100
Short-billed Dowitcher 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 35
Red Knot 7
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 5 1 at the pannes. Landed for less than a second and flew off. 4 at Bill Forward Pool from Hellcat Dike.
Sanderling 5
Least Sandpiper 20
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50
peep sp. 25
Laughing Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
American Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Common Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Snowy Egret 5
Great Egret 20
Great Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Empidonax sp. 1 Trail’s
Eastern Kingbird 20
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 12
Tree Swallow 4000
Barn Swallow 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 12
Gray Catbird 15
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 12
Cedar Waxwing 50
House Finch 2
Purple Finch 5
American Goldfinch 16
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 6
Baltimore Oriole 1
Common Grackle 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2 A little early. Lemony yellow birds, dark wings with 2 white wing bars. White undertail coverts. More streaky sides of breast than Bay-breasted. One along hellcat trail, one by the road at hellcat.
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S398063922
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