Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 24, 2020 5:25 PM – 8:08 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Led BBC walk.  Hi tide dropping.  A rumble of thunder to start then clear, calm and sunny.  Hellcat to SIP and back to Hellcat.
31 species
Canada Goose  7
Mallard  16
American Black Duck  6
Wild Turkey  1
Mourning Dove  2
Eastern Whip-poor-will  1    Calling loudly and often at the Hellcat parking lot.
Black-bellied Plover  46
Semipalmated Plover  350
Least Sandpiper  6
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  250
Short-billed Dowitcher  31
Long-billed Dowitcher  1
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  37
Herring Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Least Bittern  1    SIP looking from trail.
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  27
Snowy Egret  19
Black-crowned Night-Heron  7
Osprey  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
American Crow  1
Tree Swallow  10000    Quite a show from Hellcat.  Tree swallows streaming off of Plum Island sound forming huge flocks over the North Pool.
Gray Catbird  2
Cedar Waxwing  3
Song Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  4
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S72836514

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