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

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts,

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts,

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ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts,

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