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

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 13, 2019 6:30 AM – 11:17 AM
Comments:    Partly to mostly cloudy and 45-55 degrees. Winds ENE 6 mph to East 17 mph when we left. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams.
Stops at main pans, Wardens, Hellcat trail to Goodno Crossing, Pines Trail and stops along the Refuge road.
72 species
Canada Goose  6
Gadwall  3
Mallard  2
American Black Duck  3
Common Eider  7    Looking north from parking lot 1 platform.
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  100    Lot 1
Long-tailed Duck  50    Lot 1
Wild Turkey  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4
Mourning Dove  2
Semipalmated Plover  5    In wrack line on beach Lot 1
Killdeer  6
Least Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Willet  21
Herring Gull  7
Common Tern  2    Flying over main pans
Common Loon  1    Lot 1
Double-crested Cormorant  9
Great Egret  6
Osprey  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Least Flycatcher  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  3
White-eyed Vireo  1    Thanks to Tom Wetmore for alerting our group about the White Eyed Vireo seen along the road north of Goodno Crossing.  Yellow spectacles and wing bars. Some people heard it call.
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4    Feeding each other
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  49
Barn Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  9
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1    Pines trail
Marsh Wren  1
Carolina Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  13
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  8
House Finch  2
Purple Finch  3
American Goldfinch  8
Chipping Sparrow  3
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  7
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  15
Bobolink  6
Baltimore Oriole  5
Red-winged Blackbird  19
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  28
Ovenbird  2
Northern Waterthrush  2
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  2
Northern Parula  6
Yellow Warbler  9
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1    Continuing males seen and heard singing at Pines Trail
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson’s Warbler  1    Heard singing multiple times near Hellcat restrooms
Northern Cardinal  3
House Sparrow  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S56282529

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

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