Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 17, 2021 6:50 AM – 10:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Beautiful, sunny day, 58 degrees to start.  Low tide at 10:24.  Stops at the Pannes, a couple of roadside stops, the Wardens, and Hellcat.
71 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  4
Gadwall  2
Mallard  5
American Black Duck  4
Wild Turkey  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  4
Killdeer  7
Least Sandpiper  14
Semipalmated Sandpiper  3
Short-billed Dowitcher  4
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Willet  12
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  8
Herring Gull  13
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Least Tern  8
Common Tern  4
Double-crested Cormorant  16
Great Egret  8
Snowy Egret  1
Osprey  2
Willow Flycatcher  1    Heard
Least Flycatcher  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  4
Eastern Kingbird  8
Blue-headed Vireo  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Blue Jay  27    Two groups, migrating.
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  3    This is a very uncommon bird for me here and to see three is amazing.
Purple Martin  14
Tree Swallow  9
Barn Swallow  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Gray Catbird  14
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
Swainson’s Thrush  1    Roadside just north of the Wardens.
American Robin  4
Cedar Waxwing  4
House Sparrow  3
House Finch  2
Purple Finch  2
American Goldfinch  4
Chipping Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  1    Heard.
Song Sparrow  6
Eastern Towhee  12
Bobolink  8
Orchard Oriole  2
Baltimore Oriole  7
Red-winged Blackbird  16
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Common Grackle  6
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  4
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Tennessee Warbler  1    Heard distinctive, three part “tip tip tip tip teepit teepit teepit teepit ti ti ti ti ti ti ti” song twice, high up in the big Oaks along Hellcat boardwalk right near the parking lot where the trail goes left to the dike.
Nashville Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  5
Northern Parula  7
Blackburnian Warbler  3
Yellow Warbler  11
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  3
Wilson’s Warbler  1    In the thicket behind the Hellcat bathrooms.
Northern Cardinal  2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S88404722

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

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