Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 24, 2017 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC Field trip led by Neil Hayward.
Many Monarch butterflies, plus a Viceroy and Painted Lady.
53 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 1
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 6
American Black Duck 25
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 15
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 3
Black-bellied Plover 35
Semipalmated Plover 10
Killdeer 1
Red Knot 1
Stilt Sandpiper 2
Sanderling 20
Dunlin 35
Least Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 4
Brown Thrasher 3
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 15
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Savannah Sparrow 14
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 8
Scarlet Tanager 1
Purple Finch 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39411728
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