Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Jun 11, 2024 6:50 AM – 11:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
4.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Sunny to partly cloudy, upper 60’s, mid-tide dropping. Led BBC walk with stops at the main panne, roadside, Wardens, Hellcat, and parking lot 5.
60 species
Canada Goose 17 With many young.
Mute Swan 3
Gadwall 4
Mallard 26
American Black Duck 2
Mourning Dove 4
Virginia Rail 1
Killdeer 4
Piping Plover 3
American Woodcock 1
Willet 18
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Black-crowned Night Heron 4 NP from NPO.
Snowy Egret 5
Great Egret 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Northern Flicker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Willow Flycatcher 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Blue Jay 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 1
Purple Martin 11
Barn Swallow 2
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 4
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Robin 4
Cedar Waxwing 6
House Sparrow 1
House Finch 1
Purple Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 1
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 10
Bobolink 4
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 14
Mourning Warbler 1 Pines Trail. Well heard, very close by. Thanks, Tom!
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 1
Blackburnian Warbler 1 Pines Trail. Great looks. Thanks, Tom!
Yellow Warbler 6
Northern Cardinal 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S181501670
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