Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 9, 2018 7:22 AM – 11:52 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Cloudy and 64-60 degrees. Winds NNE 13-15 mph. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams. Birded North Pool Overlook, Bill Forward Blind, Hellcat dike , Stage Island Pool marsh and Sandy Point State Reservation.  A separate EBird report was done for Sandy Point.
42 species

Gadwall  2
Mallard  2
American Black Duck  5
Green-winged Teal  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  25
Mourning Dove  2
Black-bellied Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  150
Killdeer  1
Red Knot  1     Large gray shorebird seen from Bill Forward Blind
Least Sandpiper  2     With Semipalmated Sandpiper at North Pool Overlook
White-rumped Sandpiper  4
Semipalmated Sandpiper  31
Short-billed Dowitcher  11
Long-billed Dowitcher  1     Long bill, hunched back, barring all along to the tail. Possibly more.
Greater Yellowlegs  23
Willet  1     Lot 1 marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs  8
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  223     Large flock of about 200 flying and swimming around the river near Stage Island. Others seen sporadically throughout the refuge,
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  16
Snowy Egret  30
Little Blue Heron  1     Continuing immature in marsh near Stage Island Pool with Great Egrets and Snowy Egrets. Gray bill with dark tip noticeable in comparison to nearby Snowy Egrets. Distant photos.
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  4
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  2     One in parking lot at Hellcat and another in tree by North Pool Overlook
Peregrine Falcon  2
Blue Jay  3
Tree Swallow  25
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1     Heard at Bill Forward Blind
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  50
Cedar Waxwing  7
American Goldfinch  1
Eastern Towhee  1
House Sparrow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48716261


Sandy Point State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 9, 2018 7:55 AM – 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Cloudy and 54 degrees with winds NNE 13 mph. With Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams
16 species

Canada Goose  25
Common Eider  2
Black-bellied Plover  3
Semipalmated Plover  58     Probably many more in the wrack line
Whimbrel  1
Sanderling  15
Dunlin  1     Still showing black belly
Least Sandpiper  2
White-rumped Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  25
Western Sandpiper  1     Continuing- pointed out by Tom Wetmore. Long bill and rusty scapulars
Ring-billed Gull  4
Herring Gull  16
Great Black-backed Gull  22
Merlin  1
American Crow  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S48716260

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