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
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 30
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 6
Cedar Waxwing 8
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 4
sparrow sp. 3
American Redstart 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S94994191