Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Aug 6, 2016 7:58 AM – 1:56 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Plum Island – Leader: Neil Hayward
63 species
Canada Goose 24
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 7
Hooded Merganser 1
Wild Turkey 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 16
Great Blue Heron 9
Great Egret 27
Snowy Egret 61
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 5
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
American Avocet 1 Continuing. Bill Forward.
Black-bellied Plover 25
Semipalmated Plover 469
Killdeer 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 8
Willet 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Red Knot 1
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 8
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 240
Short-billed Dowitcher 15
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 4
Common Tern 6
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Stage Island overlook.
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Eastern Kingbird 7
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 5
Purple Martin 16
Tree Swallow 2000
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 26
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 52
Cedar Waxwing 27 Probably an under-estimate. Heard almost everywhere on the island.
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow Warbler (Northern) 2
Saltmarsh Sparrow 1 Main panne.
Song Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 7
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 1 Female. Stage Island.
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Grackle 20
Baltimore Oriole 2 On dike of Bill Forward pool.
American Goldfinch 4
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
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