Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 16, 2021 9:28 AM – 12:29 PM

Protocol: Traveling

7.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Mostly sunny 41-46 degrees with winds West 14 mph. Tide outgoing with high tide at 8:09am. Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams.

Stops at Lot 1 ocean, main pans, Wardens, North Pool Overlook, Stage Island Pool, Lot 7 ocean platform and a brief stop at Hellcat dike.

37 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  5

Mute Swan  3

Northern Shoveler  3    2 females and 1 male at Stage Island Pool

Gadwall  2    North Pool Overlook

American Wigeon  5    Main pans

Mallard  3

American Black Duck  65

Northern Pintail  37    Pans and Stage Island Pool

Green-winged Teal  250    Large flock in main pans

Common Eider  32

White-winged Scoter  9

Black Scoter  5

Long-tailed Duck  1    Lot 7

Bufflehead  10

Horned Grebe  3    Lot 1 and Lot 7

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  15

Black-bellied Plover  3    Lot 7

Dunlin  7    Lot 7

Greater Yellowlegs  1    Stage Island Pool shore

Razorbill  1    Lot 1

Herring Gull  27

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Red-throated Loon  13    Lot 1 and Lot 7

Common Loon  6    Lot 1 and Lot 7

Northern Gannet  6    Lot 1 and Lot 7

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Great Blue Heron  2

Northern Harrier  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1    Fly by at Lot 1

Bald Eagle  1    Immature

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Peregrine Falcon  2    One seen from Wardens and another at Emerson Rocks Lot 7

falcon sp.  1    Seen at same time as one Peregrine at Wardens but much smaller Falcon. Possibly a Merlin but too far to ID for certain

American Crow  300

European Starling  10

House Sparrow  2

Snow Bunting  44    About 40 at Lot 1, 3 at Wardens and 1 at Stage Island Pool

American Tree Sparrow  2    Wardens

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97721903