Parker River NWR – 9/21/21

Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 21, 2021 7:30 AM – 11:40 AM

Protocol: Traveling

12.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Sunny, 58 degrees to start.  High tide around noon.  Led BBC walk.

47 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  12

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  6

Mallard  22

American Black Duck  4

Northern Pintail  5

Green-winged Teal  25

Mourning Dove  1

Black-bellied Plover  16

American Golden-Plover  1    identified by its distinctive call, a plaintive “ku-wheep”

Semipalmated Plover  16    Conservative.  BFP & main salt panne.

Killdeer  2

Sanderling  4    from parking lot 7 platform.

Dunlin  20    Conservative.  BFP & main salt panne.

Least Sandpiper  2

White-rumped Sandpiper  2

Semipalmated Sandpiper  60    Conservative.  BFP & main salt panne.

Long-billed Dowitcher  1

Greater Yellowlegs  14

Ring-billed Gull  2

Herring Gull  34

Great Black-backed Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  12

Least Bittern  1    Heard.  NP.

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Egret  17

Snowy Egret  21

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron  2    Seen in tree along the Hellcat boardwalk.  Juvenile.  Grayer uperparts and smaller spotting on back than BCNH. Stouter, darker bill than BCNH.

Northern Harrier  1

Belted Kingfisher  1

Downy Woodpecker  1

Peregrine Falcon  1

Blue Jay  4</