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Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 16, 2021 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC trip, led by David Scott. Great morning. We pushed quickly down the island in order to get parking at Hellcat, with stops at the Salt Pans, S curves and North Pool Overlook. Lots of migrants moving along the road and off the island early in the day.
69 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  2
Mallard  1
American Black Duck  4
Green-winged Teal  2
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  1
Killdeer  2
peep sp.  30    Several flocks of small sandpipers
Short-billed Dowitcher  12    Salt pannes.
Greater Yellowlegs  20    Salt pannes. More yellowlegs migrated north during the morning.
Willet  8
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs  30    Several groups flying north
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Least Tern  5
Common Tern  1
Common Loon  1    Flying north
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  8
Snowy Egret  2
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  8
Willow Flycatcher 1   Heard only, north pool overlook
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  25    Mostly migrating
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Purple Martin  20
Tree Swallow  15
Barn Swallow  1
Marsh Wren  2    Heard only
Gray Catbird  15
Brown Thrasher  2
Veery  1
American Robin  10
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Sparrow  4
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3
Field Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  1
Eastern Towhee  5
Bobolink  1
Orchard Oriole  4    Included pair at Hellcat
Baltimore Oriole  8
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  X
Northern Waterthrush  1    Heard only, Hellcat
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  X
American Redstart  6
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  3
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  X
Chestnut-sided Warbler  2
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Wilson’s Warbler  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2    Pair in same tree
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S88310993

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