Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 7, 2017 7:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Brookline Bird Club Plum Island morning trip lead by Jonathan Center plus 2 participants. Birded refuge from parking lot # 1 south to lot # 7.
54 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  9
Mute Swan  1
Gadwall  6
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  6
Common Eider  8
scoter sp.  8
Long-tailed Duck  12
Red-breasted Merganser  1
Wild Turkey  2
Horned Grebe  1     Observed in breeding plumage off Emerson Rocks. Saw dark neck and head with contrasting light yellow ear patch. Small grebe size with short, thin neck.
Double-crested Cormorant  16
Great Egret  7
Snowy Egret  3
Osprey  3
Northern Harrier  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Killdeer  2
Greater Yellowlegs  10
Willet  12
Herring Gull  12
Common Tern  6
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  3
Purple Martin  6
Tree Swallow  18
Barn Swallow  10
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  2
Yellow Warbler  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  3
Scarlet Tanager  1
Bobolink  3
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  6
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Baltimore Oriole  2
Purple Finch  3
American Goldfinch  4
House Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36666887

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ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

VIRTUAL FALL MEETING

You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021  7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

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