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

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is... Congratulations to Kate McHugh, who has won the Migration Madness Membership Drive! Kate will receive their choice of a pair of binoculars or two tickets for one of our summer water

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    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

  • Hydrographer Canyon Overnight Pelagic (Trip #2)

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    Join the BBC on the Helen H out of Hyannis, MA to search for pelagic birds on an overnight trip to the Hydrographer Canyon area. For more information, fee, and registration info see: https://www.brooklinebirdclub.org/bbc-news/hydrographer-canyon-overnight-pelagics-registration/

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    Explore Parker River National Wildlife Refuge from a new perspective on a cruise through the Parker River marshes! Join us on the Yankee Clipper docked in Newburyport Harbor for a leisurely cruise through the Refuge. Enjoy close views of shorebirds, gulls, terns, and Saltmarsh Sparrows on this tour. Group discount tickets are available by registering

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