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

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 19, 2017 7:25 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Sunny and 42-68 degrees. With Brookline Bird Club trip led by Dave Williams. Stops at Lot 1, main salt pans, Wardens, North Pool Overlook, Hellcat dike, Bill Forward Blind, and Lot 7 platform.
47 species

Canada Goose  29
American Wigeon  6
Mallard  19
American Black Duck  309     Various locations throughout the refuge
Northern Pintail  24
Green-winged Teal  62     58 at Bill Forward Blind and 4 in main pans
Common Eider  4     Lot 7
White-winged Scoter  36     29 from Lot 7
Red-breasted Merganser  6     Lot 7
Common Loon  3
Northern Gannet  75     Estimated- Lot 1 and more seen from Lot 7 platform. Probably many more as they flew south .
Double-crested Cormorant  11
Great Blue Heron  7
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  3     Hellcat dike
Turkey Vulture  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Black-bellied Plover  2
Dunlin  5     Lot 1
Pectoral Sandpiper  4     North Pool Overlook. Smaller than nearby Greater Yellowlegs. Distinct streaked upper breast and plain lower belly showing the typical pectoral band. Our only concern was the legs appeared dark rather than yellowish.
Greater Yellowlegs  22     Various locations
Lesser Yellowlegs  1     At North Pool Overlook- heard  2 part “tu-tu” call
Ring-billed Gull  13
Herring Gull  17
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  29
Mourning Dove  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  6
Horned Lark  12     2 small flocks flew over us at Lot 1. We heard them calling which alerted us.
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Marsh Wren  1     Heard several times as we got out of the car at Lot 7
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  8     7 at the Wardens
European Starling  20
Cedar Waxwing  8
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5
Chipping Sparrow  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1     Wardens
Savannah Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  2
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  15     Flock near entrance to the refuge and 1 at the Wardens.

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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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