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
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