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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