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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ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

VIRTUAL FALL MEETING

You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021  7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

VIRTUAL FALL MEETING

You are invited to join us for the BROOKLINE BIRD CLUB 2021 VIRTUAL FALL MEETING October 27, 2021  7:00 – 8:30 PM Register at Zoom https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1BQ6FWYRT8earn6zIPeNug Guest Speaker: ROSEMARY MOSCO Cartooning for Bird Conservation Join

ANNUAL REPORT 2020

Brookline Bird Club 2020 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 216 species for 2020, based upon 62 reported trips. A total of 215 species were recorded

ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Brookline Bird Club 2019 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician   The Brookline Bird Club recorded 285 species for 2019, based upon 182 reported trips (out of 249 that were scheduled).

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