Plumbush Marshes, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 31, 2024 9:11 AM – 11:31 AM
Protocol: Traveling
15.413 mile(s)
36 species
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Semipalmated Plover 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 14
Willet 1
Greater Yellowlegs 53
Least Sandpiper 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 34
Bonaparte’s Gull 35
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull (American) 15
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 2
Common Tern 51
Double-crested Cormorant 175
Snowy Egret 3
Great Egret 28
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 9
Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Peregrine Falcon 2
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 200
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 11
European Starling 225
Seaside Sparrow 2
Eastern Meadowlark 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194406148
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