Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Nov 16, 2019 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Checklist Comments:    In addition to Plum Island, we birded Newburyport and Salisbury Beach State Park
34 species
Canada Goose  73
Mallard  8
American Black Duck  24
Common Eider  36
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  12
Black Scoter  16
Long-tailed Duck  4
Bufflehead  12
Horned Grebe  4
Red-necked Grebe  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Dunlin  1
Greater Yellowlegs  2
Ring-billed Gull  16
Herring Gull  100
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  2
Double-crested Cormorant  4
Northern Harrier  4
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Rough-legged Hawk  1
Blue Jay  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
European Starling  4
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  2
Snow Bunting  3    Dune at Salisbury Beach
Field Sparrow  1    The wardens on Plumb Island
Song Sparrow  4
Red-winged Blackbird  6    Flying over from parking lots to salt marsh at Salisbury
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2    Thickets, one at Bill Forward Pool parking lot and one at the Pines on Plum Island.
Northern Cardinal  1    Male. At Bill Forward Pool parking lot.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S63399170

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