Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

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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ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

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