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Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
04-Nov-2023 09:00 – 14:00
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk – Plum Island and Vicinity – Leaders: Linda Ferraresso and Nick Paulson – 24 participants. A little chilly to start and cloudy, but turned into a pleasant day.  Still some shorebirds and passerines around but ducks were the highlight as they were prevalent in the ocean and pools.
67 species (+4 other taxa)
Brant (Atlantic)  20
Canada Goose  65
Mute Swan  4
Northern Shoveler  4    Stage
Gadwall  2    Wardens
Mallard  10
American Black Duck  200
Northern Pintail  120
Green-winged Teal (American)  200
Greater Scaup  7
Greater/Lesser Scaup  3
Common Eider  8
Surf Scoter  400
White-winged Scoter  15
Black Scoter  300
scoter sp.  20
Long-tailed Duck  12
Bufflehead  14
Red-breasted Merganser  4
Ruddy Duck  15
Pied-billed Grebe  4
Horned Grebe  2
Mourning Dove  4
Common Gallinule  1    Long continuing at Hellcat.
American Coot (Red-shielded)  2
Black-bellied Plover  6
Long-billed Dowitcher  12    Flock at pannes.
Greater Yellowlegs  50
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs  1
Sanderling  25
Dunlin  120
White-rumped Sandpiper  2    Pannes
Ring-billed Gull  5
Herring Gull (American)  30
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Red-throated Loon  12
Common Loon  20
Northern Gannet  4
Double-crested Cormorant  400
Great Egret  2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Northern Harrier  7
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1
Cooper’s Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1    Hellcat
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Phoebe  1    Hellcat
Blue Jay  2    Lot 1
American Crow  6
Common Raven  1    Pannes
Black-capped Chickadee  9
Horned Lark  1    Lot 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
European Starling  7
Gray Catbird  1    Lot 1
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  24
House Sparrow  3    Lot 1
American Pipit  20    Lot 1
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  2
Snow Bunting  4    Lot 1
White-throated Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  16
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S153853495

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