Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 25, 2018 7:25 AM – 11:05 AM
Protocol: Traveling
13.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Led BBC walk. Overcast to partly sunny to start, ovcast, light rain to end. Wind ENE 10-20. Rising tide.
47 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  14
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  4     SIP
Mallard  17
American Black Duck  16
Northern Pintail  4     BFP
Green-winged Teal  72     NP, SIP
White-winged Scoter  11     Migrating.  From perking lots 1 & 6.
Black Scoter  20     Migrating.  From parking lots 1 & 6.
scoter sp.  30     Migrating. From parking lots 1 & 6.
Wild Turkey  2
Mourning Dove  1
Semipalmated Plover  3     SIP
Sanderling  1     From lot 1 platform.
White-rumped Sandpiper  5     SIP
Pectoral Sandpiper  2     SIP
Semipalmated Sandpiper  35
Greater Yellowlegs  14
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  33
Great Black-backed Gull  7
Common Loon  3
Northern Gannet  2
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  26
Snowy Egret  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  1
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Blue Jay  5
Tree Swallow  15
Barn Swallow (American)  3
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  6
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  7
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  5
Common Yellowthroat  1
Cape May Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S49404316

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