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Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Nov 2, 2024 9:00 AM – 1:02 PM

Protocol: Traveling

6.239 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Brookline Bird Club Trip- Parker River NWR – Leader Nick Paulson – 6 Participants, cold start with a little wind, cloudy with very few random sprinkles. Quieter for passerines, but plenty of ducks.

71 species

Brant  12

Canada Goose  14

Mute Swan  4

Blue-winged Teal  2

Northern Shoveler  3

Gadwall  80

American Wigeon  50

Mallard  20

American Black Duck  250

Northern Pintail  100

Green-winged Teal (American)  100

Common Eider (Dresser’s)  3

Surf Scoter  2

White-winged Scoter  20

Black Scoter  600

Long-tailed Duck  14

Bufflehead  7

Hooded Merganser  24

Red-breasted Merganser  22

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  8

Mourning Dove  3

Black-bellied Plover  11

Semipalmated Plover  9

Long-billed Dowitcher  1

Greater Yellowlegs  40

Dunlin  100

Pectoral Sandpiper  1

Bonaparte’s Gull  7

Ring-billed Gull  10

American Herring Gull  40

Great Black-backed Gull  15

Pied-billed Grebe  2

Horned Grebe  3

Red-throated Loon  2

Common Loon  22

Northern Gannet  30

Double-crested Cormorant  60

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  2

Northern Harrier  1

Bald Eagle  4

Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern)  2

Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1

Red-eyed Vireo  1    Late, Hellcat area. Green back, light below, gray cap with black edge, black eyeline, long bill with vireo hook at end.

Blue Jay  10

American Crow  3

Black-capped Chickadee  16

Golden-crowned Kinglet  1

White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  3

Marsh Wren  1

European Starling  1

Northern Mockingbird  2

Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus)  1

American Robin  9

House Sparrow  4

House Finch  3

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  1

Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  7

White-throated Sparrow  16

Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  3

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  12

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  2

Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Palm Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  12

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S201274364

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

2008 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician During 2008, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 190 reported trips, three species less than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

2007 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2007, the Brookline Bird Club listed 309 species of birds on 213 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2006

2006 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2006, the Brookline Bird Club listed 306 species of birds on 208 reported trips, one species more than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2004

2004 Statistical and Year-End Report By Bob Stymiest, Club Statistician During 2004, the Brookline Bird Club listed 311 species of birds on 243 reported trips, 17 species more than last year. To put this in

ANNUAL REPORT 2003

2003 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT By Robert H. Stymeist, Statistician   During 2003, the Brookline Bird Club listed 294 species of birds on 242 reported trips, 13 species fewer than last year. A total

ANNUAL REPORT 2002

2002 STATISTICAL AND YEAR END REPORT by Robert H. Styrneist, Statistician   During 2002, the Brookline Bird Club listed 307 species of birds on 249 reported trips, five more than last year. A total of

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