Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
18-Sep-2022 08:05 – 11:56
Protocol: Traveling
7.133 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Trip Field Trip led by Neil Hayward.
46 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose  5
Mute Swan  3
Gadwall  12
Mallard  9
American Black Duck  12
Green-winged Teal  25
Black-bellied Plover  5
American Golden-Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  5
Stilt Sandpiper  2    Bill Forward pool from blind. Flushed by Peregrine. Came back on my own and refound in the same spot. Long, decurved bill with dowitcher feeding motion.
Dunlin  7
Least Sandpiper  2
White-rumped Sandpiper  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper  20
Short-billed Dowitcher  2    Juveniles
Long-billed Dowitcher  4    From dike.
Greater Yellowlegs  56
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Herring Gull  2
Double-crested Cormorant  30
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  33
Snowy Egret  28
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Accipiter sp.  1
Northern Flicker  4
Merlin  1    Very dark.
Peregrine Falcon  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  3
Black-capped Chickadee  3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Gray Catbird  11
Brown Thrasher  2
American Robin  22
Cedar Waxwing  12
American Goldfinch  1
Song Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Tennessee Warbler  1    Yellowish wash over head and green olive back. Strongish supercilium. Noticeable bright white underparks (although some yellow on breast and flanks) and white undertail coverts. Silent. On road south of Goodno Crossing.
Northern Parula  1
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S119077397

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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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