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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