Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.78989, -70.80909, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 21, 2025 3:44 PM – 6:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.326 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Trip to explore shorebirds and other birds.
30 species
Gadwall 3
Mallard 4
American Black Duck 3
Green-winged Teal 1
Common Eider 2
Mourning Dove 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 4
American Herring Gull 220
Great Black-backed Gull 18
Double-crested Cormorant 44
Snowy Egret 15
Great Egret 19
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow 2000
European Starling 60
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
American Goldfinch 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S269059524
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