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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