Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
13-Sep-2022 07:05 – 11:00
Protocol: Traveling
6.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Humid, 67 degrees to start, very foggy.!  Affected the viewing conditions all morning.  Low tide at 8:15am.
36 species (+3 other taxa)
Canada Goose  2
duck sp.  16    Out in the fog at BFP.
Mourning Dove  4
American Avocet  1    Continuing bird at Stage Island pool.
Semipalmated Plover  6
Killdeer  1
Sanderling  18    Parking lot 7 beach.
Semipalmated Sandpiper  4
Long-billed Dowitcher  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  7
shorebird sp.  30    Foggy images.
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Egret  6
Snowy Egret  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Northern Flicker  3    Roadside.
Merlin  1    Only seen by a few, roadside.
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Blue Jay  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Tree Swallow  75
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Marsh Wren  1
European Starling  20
Gray Catbird  8
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  30
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  5
Eastern Towhee  4
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  1    Swan by only a few.
warbler sp. (Parulidae sp.)  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S118759347

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