Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Dec 10, 2017 9:25 AM – 12:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Comments: BBC trip delayed by late opening of gate
27 species (+3 other taxa)
Canada Goose 40
Gadwall 15
Mallard 2
American Black Duck 50
Northern Pintail 1
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 8
Bufflehead 5
Red-breasted Merganser 25
Common Loon 1
Northern Harrier 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Sanderling 10
Dunlin 10
shorebird sp. 150 looked primarily like a mix of dunlin and sanderling
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 8
gull sp. 10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
Snowy Owl 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
American Robin 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 4
passerine sp. 5
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S41447509
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