Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
May 8, 2017 6:20 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Comments: Led BBC trip. 46, windy, and cold.
48 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 5
Gadwall 2
American Black Duck 1
Wild Turkey 3
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Snowy Egret x Little Blue Heron (hybrid) 1 Not really sure what this is. In close association with Snowy egret. It had black legs and a black bill. Back mostly blue-grey. When it opened its wings there were big white patches.
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Killdeer 4
White-rumped Sandpiper 1 Larger than the other two peeps it was with. Wings extended beyond tail. Streaking on flanks. White rump seen when in flight.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
peep sp. 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Willet 17
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Mourning Dove 2
Least Flycatcher 1 Heard at the beginning of the “S” curves.
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 12
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 4
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 3
Purple Finch 7
American Goldfinch 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S36664068
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