Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 1, 2025 9:00 AM – 1:30 PM

Protocol: Traveling

7.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Parker River NWR and vicinity – Leaders Linda Ferraresso and Nick Paulson: cold start, warmed up a little but very windy conditions. Most land birds were hunkered down low.

40 species

Canada Goose  75

Gadwall  1

American Wigeon  20

Mallard  12

American Black Duck  100

Northern Pintail  50

Green-winged Teal (American)  40

White-winged Scoter  8

Red-breasted Merganser  1

American Coot  1

Greater Yellowlegs  10

Sanderling  1

Dunlin  22

American Herring Gull  125

Great Black-backed Gull  5

Red-throated Loon  1

Common Loon  1

Northern Gannet  20

Double-crested Cormorant  40

Great Egret  6

Turkey Vulture  1

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Northern Harrier  4

Red-bellied Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1    Late. Hellcat loop past the marsh spur. First fall, more green back and yellow green sides.

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  7

Golden-crowned Kinglet  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1

European Starling  6

Northern Mockingbird  1

House Finch  1

Snow Bunting  20    Lot 1, Lot 7

Chipping Sparrow  3

White-throated Sparrow  2

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  15

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S282924786