Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jun 14, 2022 7:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny, light wind, low tide at 6:30am.  Led BBC walk.

49 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  26

Mute Swan  3

Gadwall  3

Mallard  1

Green-winged Teal  4

Wild Turkey  1

Mourning Dove  4

Virginia Rail  1    Heard

Piping Plover  3

Killdeer  4

peep sp.  10

Willet  11

Herring Gull  9

Iceland Gull  1    Continuing white-winged gull with pink legs seen on beach south from parking lot one platform.

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Least Tern  5

Double-crested Cormorant  5

Least Bittern  2    At least two, maybe more.  One teed up atop of some reeds for great views.

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Egret  9

Snowy Egret  1

Osprey  4

Northern Harrier  1

Willow Flycatcher  2

Eastern Kingbird  5

Purple Martin  9

Tree Swallow  3

Barn Swallow  7

Marsh Wren  3

European Starling  2

Gray Catbird  4

Northern Mockingbird  3

American Robin  2

Cedar Waxwing  12

Purple Finch  1

American Goldfinch  3

Saltmarsh Sparrow  3

Savannah Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  4

Bobolink  6

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  3

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Common Grackle  2

Common Yellowthroat  3

Yellow Warbler  5

Pine Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S113779116