Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 16, 2021 6:55 AM – 9:55 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Sunny, 60 degrees to begin, light wind to keep the bugs away, high tide at 10:15.  Led BBC walk.
50 species
Canada Goose  11
Mute Swan  21    2 in marsh from boat ramp, 19 BFP.
Gadwall  3
Mallard  27
Green-winged Teal  2
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  2
Piping Plover  1    At main salt panne!
Killdeer  2
Semipalmated Sandpiper  6    In Pannes just south of main panne.
Willet  27
Herring Gull  7
Least Tern  5
Common Tern  1
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Least Bittern  1    Great, close looks at bird from NPO.
Great Egret  10
Snowy Egret  3
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Glossy Ibis  1
Turkey Vulture  4    3 in the marsh from boat ramp, 1 flying.
Osprey  4
Willow Flycatcher  1
Eastern Kingbird  4
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Purple Martin  17    Treated to looks inside nesting gourd as Sue McGrath monitoring them today.  Thank you!
Tree Swallow  6
Barn Swallow  3
Marsh Wren  3
Gray Catbird  5
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  2
Cedar Waxwing  28    Seemingly all over the place.
House Sparrow  2
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  1    Heard.
American Goldfinch  2
Saltmarsh Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  4
Bobolink  4
Baltimore Oriole  3
Red-winged Blackbird  16
Common Grackle  4
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  1
Yellow Warbler  4
Northern Cardinal  1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S90394374

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