Topsfield Fairgrounds, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 7:21 AM – 7:39 AM
Checklist Comments: Sunny 34 degrees with winds West 7 mph
Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams
Canada Goose 310 Counted by one of the participants as we were all arriving
Mallard 13
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
European Starling 15
Putnamville Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 7:52 AM – 8:23 AM
Bufflehead 75
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 12
Ruddy Duck 40
Ring-billed Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Wren 1
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Cherry Hill Reservoir, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2021 8:50 AM – 9:09 AM
Mallard 6
Green-winged Teal 14
Bufflehead 2
Common Merganser 2
Blue Jay 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 7
American Goldfinch 1
Northern Cardinal 1 Male
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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
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Annual Members Meeting & Lecture with Hyla Howe: Bobolinks on the Brink
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