Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 30, 2021 7:00 AM – 9:20 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Trip-Leader Nickilas Paulson-Plum Island Canoe/Kayak no participants, cold and windy to start for kayak part, then cold, windy, foggy, and drizzly along Island.
69 species
Canada Goose 35
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 3
Mallard 8
Common Eider 1
Wild Turkey 3
Mourning Dove 4
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 1
Least Sandpiper 1 Via kayak
White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Via Kayak
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Willet (Eastern) 8
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 125
Least Tern 3
Black Tern 1 Flying just over the waves at lot 1
Common Tern 4
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 3
Great Egret 9
Osprey (carolinensis) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Warbling Vireo (Eastern) 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow (American) 2
House Wren (Northern) 2
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
Swainson’s Thrush (Olive-backed) 1
American Robin 7
House Sparrow 1
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 1
Seaside Sparrow 2 Via kayak
Saltmarsh Sparrow 13 Most via kayak
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 12
Eastern Towhee 7
Bobolink 2
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) 1
Baltimore Oriole 5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 18
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle (Bronzed) 8
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 8
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 4
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Canada Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S89358074