Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.78981, -70.80894, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 10, 2025 12:44 PM – 6:17 PM

Protocol: Traveling

18.416 mile(s)

71 species

Brant  22

Canada Goose  16

Gadwall  9

Mallard  6

American Black Duck  7

White-winged Scoter  1

Long-tailed Duck  15

Bufflehead  10

Common Merganser  3    Across channel behind wardens.  2 Male 1 female.

Mourning Dove  2

American Oystercatcher  1

Black-bellied Plover  1

Killdeer  3

Piping Plover  1

Short-billed Dowitcher  2

Lesser Yellowlegs  2

Willet  16

Greater Yellowlegs  13

Sanderling  4

White-rumped Sandpiper  1    Seen in main pannes.  Continuing this week.

Least Sandpiper  13

Semipalmated Sandpiper  7

American Herring Gull  42

Great Black-backed Gull  1

Least Tern  2

Common Tern  65

Roseate Tern  2

Red-throated Loon  2

Northern Gannet  4

Double-crested Cormorant  9

Great Egret  5

Osprey  2

Cooper’s Hawk  1

Northern Harrier  1

Merlin  1

Blue Jay  2

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tree Swallow  9

Purple Martin  5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1

Red-breasted Nuthatch  1

Northern House Wren  1

Marsh Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  3

Gray Catbird  4

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Veery  1

Wood Thrush  1

American Robin  1

House Sparrow  2

Purple Finch  1

American Goldfinch  2

Dark-eyed Junco  1

White-throated Sparrow  9

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  3

Eastern Towhee  8

Orchard Oriole  1

Baltimore Oriole  5

Red-winged Blackbird  17

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  8

Ovenbird  1

Northern Waterthrush  1

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  7

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S237076913

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2023

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 275 species for 2023, based upon 200 trips reported from Massachusetts, and those from out of state.  We recorded 267 species in Massachusetts, three more than 2022, with 8 [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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