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 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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