Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2022 7:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott.
71 species
Canada Goose  10
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  2
Mallard  1
American Black Duck  2
Green-winged Teal  2
Wild Turkey  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  1
Semipalmated Plover  5
Killdeer  5    Chicks at Wardens
Ruddy Turnstone  1
Dunlin  80
Least Sandpiper  40
Semipalmated Sandpiper  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  20
Greater Yellowlegs  5
Willet  20
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Least Tern  5
Common Tern  1
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  1
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Willow Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Eastern Kingbird  12
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Fish Crow  2    Lot 1, harassed by Mockingbird at the end of the trip
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Purple Martin  20
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  8
House Wren  3
Marsh Wren  3
Gray Catbird  20
Northern Mockingbird  1
Swainson’s Thrush  1    Pines trail
American Robin  12
House Sparrow  2
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  1
American Goldfinch  4
Savannah Sparrow  1    Pre-trip, lot 1
Song Sparrow  4
Swamp Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  12    Saw 4, heard more
Bobolink  2
Orchard Oriole  1    Wardens
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  5
Common Grackle  10
Ovenbird  1    Pines trail
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  6    Heard more than seen
American Redstart  2
Cape May Warbler  1    Hellcat, maybe 2
Northern Parula  6
Bay-breasted Warbler  1
Blackburnian Warbler  2
Yellow Warbler  20
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson’s Warbler  1    Heard only
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S110434468

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It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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