Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 27, 2018 5:25 PM – 7:25 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk.  Hot, humid.  When the wind died down, the midges were fierce.
37 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  3
Mallard  7
American Black Duck  1
Green-winged Teal  5
Common Eider  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  3
Black-bellied Plover  11
Semipalmated Plover  18
Least Sandpiper  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  8
Greater Yellowlegs  7
Lesser Yellowlegs  3
Herring Gull  14
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Blue Heron  2
Great Egret  38
Snowy Egret  12
Black-crowned Night-Heron  4
Glossy Ibis  11     A flock of 5 and a flock of 6 coming into roost at BFP.
Osprey  4
Northern Harrier  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Eastern Kingbird  2
American Crow  1
Tree Swallow  5000     Spectacular sight fron the Hellcat dike.
Barn Swallow  5
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  4
Northern Mockingbird  3
Cedar Waxwing  5
American Goldfinch  3
Song Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  1
Bobolink  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48715873