Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 11, 2021 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk: Plum Island: Leader Nick Paulson: warm and slightly breezy, clear day, slow migration day.
54 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose  25
Mute Swan  6
Mallard  10
American Black Duck  10
Green-winged Teal (American)  20
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  12
Mourning Dove  1
Chimney Swift  2
Killdeer  2
Whimbrel  1
Sanderling  1
Least Sandpiper  6
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
peep sp.  10
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Lesser Yellowlegs  2
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  15
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Double-crested Cormorant  20
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  25
Snowy Egret  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  5
Northern Harrier  3
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  14
Tree Swallow  2000
Barn Swallow  4
Marsh Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
Gray Catbird  9
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  3
Cedar Waxwing  15
House Finch  1
Purple Finch (Eastern)  1
American Goldfinch  1
Saltmarsh Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  2
Song Sparrow  4
Eastern Towhee  8
Magnolia Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Pine Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  2    Probably a Nashville for first. Also a flyby larger warbler where the lemony yellow undertail coverts extend almost to end of tail, only saw from the side and below, likely Connecticut Warbler, at dunes spur near overlook.
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94708997

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

ANNUAL REPORT 1995

THE 1995 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1995, the Brookline Bird Club listed 298 species of birds on 202 reported trips. A total of 227 trips were scheduled, 70 all-day, 122

ANNUAL REPORT 1994

THE 1994 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1994, the Brookline Bird Club listed 314 species of birds on 176 reported trips. A total of 198 trips were scheduled, 77 all-day, 92

ANNUAL REPORT 1993

THE 1993 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 1993, the Brookline Bird Club listed 290 species of birds on 152 reported trips. A total of 172 trips were scheduled, 66 all-day, 89

ANNUAL REPORT 1992

THE 1992 STATISTICAL REPORT by Robert H. Stymeist   A total of 273 species were listed by the Brookline Bird Club on 139 reported field trips during 1992. A total of 156 trips were scheduled:

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