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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Black Birders’ Week 2021

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With reports of too close encounters with owls, it's time to check in and think about birding ethics. It is NEVER okay to approach roosting owls closely. The Brookline Bird Club’s code of Ethics

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