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
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