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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