Island Rd, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 6, 2021 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Checklist Comments:    BBC walk – 30 degrees, sunny, 21 participants.
15 species
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  1
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  76
American Goldfinch  3
Dark-eyed Junco  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97295954
Argilla-Northgate-Essex Rd. Fields Complex, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 6, 2021 10:00 AM – 10:25 AM
Canada Goose  335
Lesser Yellowlegs  1    In the field with CAGO; seen by 21 observers
cormorant sp.  1
Northern Harrier  1
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Blue Jay  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
European Starling  18
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97295956
Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 6, 2021 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
2.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip;
39 species
Canada Goose  35
Mute Swan  1
Gadwall  1    main panne
American Wigeon  5    Main panne
Mallard  4
American Black Duck  60
Northern Pintail  47    main panne, hellcat dike
Green-winged Teal  23    main panne, hellcat dike
Bufflehead  12
Mourning Dove  2
American Coot  2    seen in North Pool the Hellcat Dike
Black-bellied Plover  5    flyover seen from lot 1 parking lot
Dunlin  25
White-rumped Sandpiper  1    Seen by Nick P
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Herring Gull  1
Red-throated Loon  1    Maintenance area
Common Loon  4    Maintenance area
Double-crested Cormorant  10
American Bittern  1    Maintenance area
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Northern Harrier  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2    Hellcat boardwalk
Peregrine Falcon  2
Western Kingbird  1    Previously reported; seen from the east side of the road opposite the Maintenance area
American Crow  3
Common Raven  1
Horned Lark  3    Flyover Hellcat dike
European Starling  250
Northern Mockingbird  1
Lapland Longspur  1    Heard only by Nick Paulson
Snow Bunting  7    Maintenance area
White-crowned Sparrow  1    juv along the road by Goodno crossing
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Orange-crowned Warbler  1    Seen only by Nick P and Linda F after the trip was over
Pine Warbler  1    See on trail on the east side of the rood (between the two crosswalks)
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97295958

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