Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2016 7:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
10.0 mile(s)
Comments:     BBC – Newburyport and Vicinity – Leader: Zack Weber – multiple locations
63 species

Canada Goose  6
Mute Swan  2
Gadwall  4
American Black Duck  5
Mallard  5
Common Eider  25
Black Scoter  2
Long-tailed Duck  10
Red-breasted Merganser  2
Wild Turkey  5
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Black-bellied Plover  2
Semipalmated Plover  1
Piping Plover  3
Killdeer  5
Willet  8
Ruddy Turnstone  2
Sanderling  30
Herring Gull  20
Least Tern  20
Common Tern  30
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  5
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Fish Crow  1
Purple Martin  10
Tree Swallow  50
Barn Swallow  5
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  20
Northern Mockingbird  3
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  7
Chipping Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  8
Northern Cardinal  2
Bobolink  10
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Baltimore Oriole  5
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  2
American Goldfinch  15
House Sparrow  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S29704626

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