Parker River NWR–Hellcat Dike, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Aug 20, 2025 5:35 PM – 8:03 PM

Protocol: Traveling

0.2 mile(s)

29 species (+1 other taxa)

Gadwall  6

Mallard  8

Green-winged Teal  2

Semipalmated Plover  40

Long-billed Dowitcher  12    Humped back, big belly.  kek, kek calls from group.  NP.

Lesser Yellowlegs  2

Greater Yellowlegs  45

Least Sandpiper  1

Semipalmated Sandpiper  35

American Herring Gull  6

gull sp.  2500    Huge flock on the Ipswich side of PI Sound moving east.

Least Tern  1

Double-crested Cormorant  165    One huge skein moving  towards PI Sound

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  3    Two NP, one in flight

Black-crowned Night Heron  6

Tricolored Heron  1    Bill Forward Pool.  Continuing bird that has been seen off and on.

Snowy Egret  75

Great Egret  18

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  2

Northern Harrier  1

Tree Swallow  20000    Not as spectacular as last night.

Barn Swallow  15

Gray Catbird  1    Heard

American Robin  2

American Goldfinch  1

Song Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  1    Heard

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S286781159

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