Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
09-Sep-2023 09:20 – 13:00
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Walk- Plum Island- leader Nick Paulson- 6 participants. Weather was cloudy to start, a few spots of drizzle. Muggy and warming during the trip, low wind. Some newer birders, so spent time sorting through the ID of the shorebirds and went down the island at a relaxed pace.
53 species (+4 other taxa)
Canada Goose  20
Mute Swan  1
Mallard  25
American Black Duck  6
Green-winged Teal (American)  3
Mourning Dove  24
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Black-bellied Plover  1
American Golden-Plover  6    Group flew over in front of guard shack as I entered the refuge.
Semipalmated Plover  30
Whimbrel  4    First 1 then 3 flew past pannes.
Stilt Sandpiper  2
Sanderling  8
Least Sandpiper  2
White-rumped Sandpiper  4
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  50
Short-billed Dowitcher  3
Long-billed Dowitcher  2
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  6
Greater Yellowlegs  50
Lesser Yellowlegs  8
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs  25
shorebird sp.  15
Ring-billed Gull  3
Herring Gull (American)  10
Double-crested Cormorant  9
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3
Great Egret  80
Snowy Egret  4
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Northern Harrier  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  12
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Purple Martin  1    Female/juvenile. Flying over dunes by pannes pull off.
Tree Swallow  400
Barn Swallow (American)  6
Gray Catbird  14
Northern Mockingbird  2
American Robin  20
Cedar Waxwing  2
American Pipit  1    Flew out of the pannes calling, heading east towards beach.
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  8
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  8
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  3
Eastern Towhee  4
Common Grackle (Bronzed)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  6
new world warbler sp.  3
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149568501

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