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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