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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