Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
10-Oct-2023 07:30 – 11:00
Protocol: Traveling
3.65 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    45 degrees to start, partly sunny to mostly cloudy, high tide around 9:00am.  Stops at the boat ramp, the middens, the Wardens where we walked the dike to North Pool, and the Hellcat Boardwalk.  Led BBC walk.
51 species
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  7
American Black Duck  12
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  6
Mourning Dove  3
Black-bellied Plover  7    Main salt Pannes.
Semipalmated Plover  27    Main salt Pannes
Killdeer  3    Main salt Pannes
Dunlin  110    Main salt Pannes
Semipalmated Sandpiper  9    Main salt Pannes
Long-billed Dowitcher  1    Main salt Pannes
Greater Yellowlegs  35    Main salt Pannes
Lesser Yellowlegs  2    Main salt Pannes
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  3    Main salt Pannes
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  14
American Crow  6
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
Tree Swallow  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  8    Middens, Hellcat Boardwalk.
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1    Middens.
Marsh Wren  1    Boat ramp.
Carolina Wren  2
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  7
American Robin  16
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  4
Field Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Saltmarsh Sparrow  7    2 boat ramp, at least 4 main salt panne.
Song Sparrow  19
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  6
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  27
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S151918761

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

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