Brookline Bird Club – America’s most active bird club!

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 15, 2017 6:20 AM – 10:25 AM
Protocol: Traveling
13.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.  No one showed up.  47 degrees, intermittent to light rain, wind NE 10-20 made it very cold.  Last vestiges of the Nor’easter.  Hypothermia today, heat stroke Thursday.
57 species

Canada Goose  9
Gadwall  4
American Black Duck  3
Mallard  5
Common Eider  9
White-winged Scoter  11
Black Scoter  5
Long-tailed Duck  17
Red-throated Loon  1
Northern Gannet  3
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Egret  4
Snowy Egret  2
Osprey  2
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  1     The eagle was trying to hijack a fish from an Osprey.  No luck.
Black-bellied Plover  2     Fly-overs calling.
Piping Plover  4
Killdeer  10
Purple Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  2
White-rumped Sandpiper  12
Greater Yellowlegs  3
Willet  15
Lesser Yellowlegs  5
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  12
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Least Tern  2
Common Tern  45     Big flock feeding in the surf at parking lot 1.
Arctic Tern  10     Bar Head.  Actively feeding close to shore.  Well seen.  Probably more.  This number is not unusual after a Nor’easter.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  2
Blue Jay  2
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Marsh Wren  1
American Robin  7
Gray Catbird  8
Brown Thrasher  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  3
Common Yellowthroat  6
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  2
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
Eastern Towhee  9
Northern Cardinal  3
Bobolink  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  15
Orchard Oriole  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Purple Finch  6
American Goldfinch  4

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36915990

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 2001

2001 STATISTICAL AND YEAR-END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2001, the Brookline Bird Club listed 303 species of birds on 210 reported trips, two fewer than the previous year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2000

2000 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2000, the Brookline Bird Club listed 305 species of birds on 228 reported trips, four more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 1999

1999 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1999, the Brookline Bird Club listed 301 species of birds on 241 reported trips. A total of 271 trips were scheduled, 69

ANNUAL REPORT 1998

1998 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1998, the Brookline Bird Club listed 300 species of birds on 233 reported trips. A total of 277 trips were scheduled, 69 all-day, 170 morning, 34

ANNUAL REPORT 1997

1997 STATISTICAL REPORT. by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1997, the Brookline Bird Club listed 313 species of birds on 206 reported trips. A total of 242 trips were scheduled, 68 all-day, 148 morning,

ANNUAL REPORT 1996

1996 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1996, the Brookline Bird Club listed 293 species of birds on 207 reported trips. A total of 248 trips were scheduled, 73 all-day, 144 morning,

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