Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 7, 2017 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club morning trip to Plum Island led by Jonathan Center. Birded refuge from lot # 1 south to the Hellcat area.
26 species
Canada Goose 10
Mallard X
American Black Duck 60
Green-winged Teal 2
Wild Turkey 10
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
Dunlin X
Greater Yellowlegs 14
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Herring Gull 8
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Northern Mockingbird 9
European Starling 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 12
Song Sparrow 8
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S40949766
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