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

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