Parker River NWR–Hellcat Dunes Loop, Essex, Massachusetts, US

16-May-2023 06:17 – 10:27

Protocol: Traveling

2.4 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Cool, overcast, %8 degrees to start.  Walked the boardwalk and the road.  Two Pine trees were the stars of the Warbler show today.  Led BBC walk.

51 species

Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1

Killdeer  1    Heard in the distance.

Willet  3    Est.  Heard in the distance.

Least Tern  5    Fly overs noisily calling.

Double-crested Cormorant  2    Fly overs.

Great Egret  1    Fly over.

Osprey  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Least Flycatcher  1    Heard.

Great Crested Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1

Blue Jay  175    Conservative estimate of migrating birds.

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  2

House Wren  1

Gray Catbird  4

Veery  1    Heard.

Wood Thrush  1    Heard

American Robin  6

Cedar Waxwing  2

Purple Finch  3

American Goldfinch  6

Song Sparrow  1

Swamp Sparrow  1    Heard in the distance.

Eastern Towhee  7

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  4

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  4

Northern Waterthrush  1

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Tennessee Warbler  1

Nashville Warbler  2

Common Yellowthroat  3

American Redstart  5

Cape May Warbler  4    Three in one field of view!

Northern Parula  5

Magnolia Warbler  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  2

Blackburnian Warbler  6

Yellow Warbler  4

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  2

Black-throated Green Warbler  4

Wilson’s Warbler  2

Scarlet Tanager  1

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S138058457