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Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Jul 29, 2025 7:35 AM – 10:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

5.5 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny and hot.  Low tide at 9:30am.  Led BBC walk.  Stops at main salt panne(2), NPO, SIP, and Hellcat dike.

46 species

Canada Goose  20

Gadwall  2

Mallard  12

Mourning Dove  3

Killdeer  1

Short-billed Dowitcher  13

Long-billed Dowitcher  2    Main salt panne.  On our first pass past the pannes, I thought these two were good candidates for LODO’s, but unsure.  After out second pass through here, and talking with several other birders, I am confident that these two birds were LODO’s.

Lesser Yellowlegs  3

Willet  2

Greater Yellowlegs  12

Least Sandpiper  3

Semipalmated Sandpiper  11

Ring-billed Gull  4

American Herring Gull  5

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Least Tern  6

Common Tern  3

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Least Bittern  1    Hellcat, south side.

Black-crowned Night Heron  1    NPO

Snowy Egret  6

Great Egret  7

Great Blue Heron  2

Osprey  7

Northern Flicker  1

Willow Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

Blue Jay  1

Black-capped Chickadee  1

Tree Swallow  45

Purple Martin  17

Marsh Wren  2

European Starling  30

Gray Catbird  2

Northern Mockingbird  3

American Robin  1

Cedar Waxwing  12

American Goldfinch  4

Saltmarsh Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  4

Eastern Towhee  3

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Common Grackle  8

Common Yellowthroat  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S264167329

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