Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Apr 14, 2019 12:15 PM – 4:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     Official Eastern Mass Hawk Watch count w/31 members of the joint Mass Audubon/Brookline Bird Club hawkwatching workshop via Joppa Flats Education Center.
23 species

Canada Goose  10
Mallard  25
American Black Duck  15
Common Goldeneye  1
Wild Turkey  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  12
Herring Gull  15
Great Black-backed Gull  8
Double-crested Cormorant  75
Great Egret  5
Osprey  6     Nonmigrants
Northern Harrier  5     3 Nonmigrants, 2 Migrants
American Kestrel  32     Migrants, exact count
Merlin  4     Migrants, exact count
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  6
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  2
House Finch  2
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  60

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55378747

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