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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