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Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 26, 2021 7:47 AM – 11:59 AM
Checklist Comments:    44 degree air temperature with overcast skies and 7 mph winds from the West @ the start. BBC Bird walk ! So much fun with Seth A, Audrey, Matt, Stan, Hannah, Kate, Margaret C & Jon W !  Thanks to all for a great day of birding !
47 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  25    Pans at Lot # 3 and in pans South of Main Pan
Mute Swan  2    In pool behind The Wardens
Northern Shoveler  15    @ Stage Island Pool
Gadwall  2    Pans at Lot # 3
American Wigeon  4    1 @ Pans across from Lot # 3 & three @ Stage Island Pool.
Mallard  7    Pans at Lot # 3
American Black Duck  25    Pans at Lot # 3
Northern Pintail  70    At Main Pan @ Lot # 3
Green-winged Teal  8    Pans at Lot # 3 (thanks Jon W).
Lesser Scaup  6    @ BF Pool @ Hellcat. Dark green head, point on head behind eye, diving continuously while feeding
Common Eider  25    @ Emerson Rocks
Surf Scoter  14    @ Emerson Rocks (thanks Margaret & Jon).
White-winged Scoter  9    @ Emerson Rocks
Black Scoter  1    @ Emerson Rocks
Long-tailed Duck  1    @ Emerson Rocks
Bufflehead  12    @ PI Sound from The Wardens & Stage Island Pool Tower – seen well through scope
Common Goldeneye  2    @ Stage Island Pool Tower – seen well through scope
Hooded Merganser  4    @ Stage Island Pool Tower – seen well through scope
Red-breasted Merganser  2    @ Stage Island Pool Tower – seen well through scope
Red-necked Grebe  9    From staircase @ Lot # 1 – seen well through scope.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  50    On wires North of Guard House
Mourning Dove  34    On wires North of Guard House
American Coot  3    At North Pool @ Hellcat Dike.  All black plumage with Gray bill.  Seen well through scope by entire group.
Dunlin  37    Pans at Lot # 3 & flying over PI Sound
White-rumped Sandpiper  5    2 flying within a flock of Dunlin @ Main Pans (thanks Jon W) and 3 Flying with a flock of Dunlin over PI Sound.  Dark back, white underneath with white rump !
Razorbill  2    1 @ Lot # 1 Staircase & 2nd one @ Emerson Rocks.
Ring-billed Gull  4    @ Emerson Rocks
Herring Gull  9    @ Emerson Rocks
Red-throated Loon  7    From staircase @ Lot # 1 – seen well through scope.
Common Loon  5    From staircase @ Lot # 1 – seen well through scope.
Northern Gannet  2    From staircase @ Lot # 1 – seen well through scope.
Double-crested Cormorant  2    @ Emerson Rocks
Red-tailed Hawk  1    On Boundary Stone behind North Pool Overlook (thanks Hannah).
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2    In tree @ “S Curves” just North of The Wardens
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2    1 @ Lot # 1 Parking Lot (thanks Seth) & 1 across the street from The Wardens entrance (thanks Hannah).
Western Kingbird  1    (WEKI) Yellow belly, pale gray chest & head; dark eye stripe; Long brown tail and wings with white stripes; olive plumage in shoulders and back. It exhibited a “Robin-like” flight pattern as it flitted up and around the tree tops while foraging for insects. 9 of us observed this bird well through scope from across the street of the entrance to The Wardens.  (Thanks Stan).
Blue Jay  1    In tree @ “S Curves” just North of The Wardens
American Crow  100    In tree @ “S Curves” just North of The Wardens
Black-capped Chickadee  2    In tree @ “S Curves” just North of The Wardens
European Starling  18    On wires North of Guard House
Northern Mockingbird  2    @ Middens & perched in tall tree South Of BF Pool
American Robin  5    In trees @ “S Curves” just North of The Wardens
House Finch  2    In low brush @ Lot # 1 parking lot
American Tree Sparrow  1    In trees below Stage Island Pool Tower
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2    @ The Wardens by Tractors
Savannah Sparrow  2    In brush Underneath the Stage Pool Tower
Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)  1    Larger Sparrow with overall gray & brown plumage with yellow supercilium, lores & malar. Bright white vertical stripe down center of cap. Then streaking on breast & flanks. Flitting between brush with other Savannah’s. Seen well through bins in the brush Underneath the Stage Pool Tower.
Song Sparrow  7    @ The Wardens
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