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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

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BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

BBC daily field trips to Mount Auburn are back!

It’s that time of year again! The Brookline Bird Club will be leading daily birding trips through Mount Auburn Cemetery, an oasis for migrating birds, this spring from Wednesday April 17th through Sunday May 26th

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