Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.75090, -70.79942, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 21, 2024 3:41 PM – 7:06 PM
Protocol: Traveling
9.272 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk AT PRNWR
32 species
Canada Goose 24
Gadwall 2
Mallard 15
American Black Duck 11
Green-winged Teal 1
Killdeer 3
Hudsonian Godwit 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 13
Long-billed Dowitcher 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Greater Yellowlegs 13
Semipalmated Sandpiper 68
Herring Gull 5
Least Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 1 Juvenile bird continuing at north pool
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Snowy Egret 8
Great Egret 17
Great Blue Heron 5
Osprey 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 7
Tree Swallow 140
Gray Catbird 4
Cedar Waxwing 1
American Goldfinch 4
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Yellow Warbler 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S192816743
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Cold Spring Park, Newton
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Birding Sketch Crawl – Fall Series
Leader's ChoiceCome and bird/sketch favorite patches around Essex and Middlesex Counties.
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Plum Island
Parker River NWR - Lot #1 Refuge Rd., Newbury, MA, MA, United StatesWe will be walking the North Pool dike as well as visiting other spots. Note that an entrance fee or pass is required. Restrooms available.
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Barretts Mill Farmland
Concord - Barretts Mill Farmland Barrett's Mill Road, Concord, MA, United StatesThis is often a great place for fall sparrows including Savannah, Field, and White-crowned, as well as Pipit and occasional Dickcissel. Loaner binoculars available; please email trip leader to reserve a pair! If the weather doens't look good, contact the leader to check status.
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Hellcat at Parker River NWR
Parker River NWR - Lot #4 Newbury, MA, United StatesDuring the past few years the refuge has opened the dike to hiking during National Wildlife Refuge Week. We will plan to do that hike if the dike is again open this year. Otherwise we hike the boardwalk and normal dike area.



