Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
11-Oct-2022 07:25 – 11:10
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Beautiful Fall day.  Sunny, 38 degrees to start, 59 degrees to end.  Led BBC walk.  Stops at parking lt 1 beach Boardwalk, the main salt Pannes, roadside, the Wardens where we walked the dike for a bit, and Hellcat.
52 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  14
Mute Swan  1
Gadwall  4
Mallard  7
American Black Duck  12
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  26
Common Eider  6
White-winged Scoter  9
Wild Turkey  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  26
Mourning Dove  2
Black-bellied Plover  2    Both heard in flight.
Killdeer  2
Hudsonian Godwit  1    In North Pool as seen from the Hellcat Dike.
White-rumped Sandpiper  4
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  34
shorebird sp.  60    A couple of distant flocks out over the Sound.
Herring Gull  6
Northern Gannet  12
Double-crested Cormorant  200    Three large migrating skiens.
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  37
Osprey  1
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Peregrine Falcon  2
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  1
European Starling  20
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  3
Cedar Waxwing  1
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
Dark-eyed Junco  3
White-crowned Sparrow  1    Imm.
White-throated Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  12
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  2
sparrow sp.  2
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  22
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S120563500

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  • The Quiet Beauty of birding – Winthrop Shore Reservation

    Winthrop - DCR Winthrop Beach Reservation - Sturgis St 59 Winthrop Shore Drive, Winthrop, MA, United States

    Offered by DCR. Come join us for an up-close look at sea ducks and gulls in action! Observe, share your insights, ask questions, and connect with fellow bird enthusiasts. For adults & children 8+. Children must be with an adult. ADA/Reasonable Accommodation  617-645-0358 | Moneesha.dasgupta2@mass.gov

  • The Quiet Beauty of birding – Lynn Shore & Nahant Beach Reservation

    Lynn - Red Rock Park 188 Lynn Shore Drive, Lynn, MA, United States

    Offered by DCR. Come join us for an up-close look at sea ducks and gulls in action! Observe, share your insights, ask questions, and connect with fellow bird enthusiasts. For adults & children 8+. Children must be with an adult. ADA/Reasonable Accommodation  617-645-0358 | Moneesha.dasgupta2@mass.gov

  • Member Webinar with Matthew Young: The Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project and the Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada

    Please join the BBC on the evening of February 19 from 7PM to 8:30PM for a member only webinar with Matthew Young from the Finch Research Network (FiRN). Matthew will talk about both The Evening Grosbeak Road to Recovery Project and The Stokes Guide to Finches of the United States and Canada. (NOTE CORRECTED DATE.)

  • CC Canal and Sandwich hotspots (rescheduled from 2/8)

    Sagamore - Scusset Beach Pier Parking Lot MA, United States

    Offered by the Cape Cod Bird Club! and co-sponsored by Brookline Bird Club. We’ll begin at the canal (Scusset Beach State Reservation is on the canal) and follow up with visits to the ponds, marshes, bays and backwaters of the Upper Cape. These will include Scusset Beach, Town Neck Road Beach, Shawme Lake and Greenbriar

  • Belle Isle Marsh and Vicinity

    East Boston - Belle Isle Parking Lot 1399 Bennington Street, Boston, MA, United States

    Led by DCR staff. We will search on foot up to one mile, on flat, easy terrain for snowy owls and other raptors, native sparrows, finches, waterfowl, and other birds. This is a traveling program by car or bike. Prepare for ticks. Ages: Adults and kids 8 years+ with adult chaperone. Binoculars recommended. ADA/Reasonable Accommodations

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