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.

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