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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