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Essex River Cruises trip to Great Marsh, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 11, 2026 4:50 PM – 6:50 PM

Protocol: Traveling

3.128 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    BBC Essex River Cruise up to Great Marsh. Mink also seen on one of the islands.

38 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  11

American Black Duck  4

Mourning Dove  7

Black-bellied Plover  19

Killdeer  1

Semipalmated Plover  500

Spotted Sandpiper  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  4

Willet  1

Greater Yellowlegs  3

Sanderling  1

Least Sandpiper  34

Semipalmated Sandpiper  75

peep sp.  1250    Mix of Least and Semi Sandpiper. Probably mostly Semi. Likely Semipal Plovers mixed in.

Ring-billed Gull  25

American Herring Gull  62

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Least Tern  2

Forster’s Tern  2

Common Tern  7

Double-crested Cormorant  170

Snowy Egret  35

Great Egret  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Turkey Vulture  1

Osprey  6

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Merlin  1

American Crow  22

Tree Swallow  13

Barn Swallow  4

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  1

Eastern Bluebird  4

House Finch  12

American Goldfinch  2

Saltmarsh Sparrow  1

Bobolink  2

Common Grackle  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S382558958

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