Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 18, 2017 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
25.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC Newburyport trip; a few stops including Salisbury Beach State Res.; majority of time/sightings at PRNWR; low 40s, overcast with some sun
53 species (+2 other taxa)
Brant 12 five at Salisbury
Canada Goose 50
Mute Swan 4
American Wigeon 6
Mallard 8
American Black Duck 100
Northern Pintail 7
Green-winged Teal 12
Common Eider 100
Surf Scoter 8
White-winged Scoter 20
Black Scoter 2
Long-tailed Duck 4
Bufflehead 12
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 14
Ruddy Duck 1
Red-throated Loon 30
Common Loon 15
Horned Grebe 4
Red-necked Grebe 8
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 4 one at Salisbury
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
hawk sp. 1 large and dark
Black-bellied Plover 11
Stilt Sandpiper 1 feeding on far side of main salt panne
Sanderling 25
Dunlin 120
White-rumped Sandpiper 1 possibly two; in main salt panne
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Ring-billed Gull 10
Herring Gull 30
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Mourning Dove 16
Snowy Owl 1 FOS; on the beach, about 400 yards north of observation platform at the end of the boardwalk
Belted Kingfisher 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 3
American Robin 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 25
Snow Bunting 70 20 at Salisbury
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
blackbird sp. 10
American Goldfinch 10
House Sparrow 4
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41447369
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