Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 10, 2025 7:00 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Foggy to overcast, E wind 5mph, 55 degrees to start.
54 species
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 7
Mallard 5
Mourning Dove 1
Black-necked Stilt 2 Continuing birds at the main salt panne.
Killdeer 3
Piping Plover 2
Hudsonian Godwit 1 Brief, but definitive looks at his large shorebird with a long, slightly upturned bi-colored bill. Southern end of the main salt panne. Thanks to Steve for the heads-up. Another birder got photos.
Willet 20
White-rumped Sandpiper 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
American Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 18
Least Tern 35
Common Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 150 Most on the beach by Emerson Rocks
Snowy Egret 2
Great Egret 4
Osprey 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 4
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 10
Purple Martin 14
Barn Swallow 5
Marsh Wren 2
European Starling 4
Gray Catbird 26
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 8
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
Saltmarsh Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 6
Bobolink 3
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 3
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 6
American Redstart 9
Yellow Warbler 7
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S249377592
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