Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 10, 2024 6:48 AM – 10:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
7.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: I joined the Brookline Bird Club walk led by Dave Williams.
Mostly sunny 57-69 degrees with winds varying West 7 to NW 8 mph and gusts up to 15 mph. Tide outgoing with low tide at 10:57 am.
We stopped at the pans, North Pool Overlook, Hellcat dike twice, Sandy Point State Reservation, Lot 7 Emerson Rocks and Stage Island trail along the dike. Distance estimated to adjust for return trip.
37 species
Canada Goose 50 Rough estimate in Stage Island Pool
Mallard 5
Green-winged Teal 3 Hellcat Bill Forward Pool
Common Eider 10 Emerson Rocks
Sora 1 Continuing in corner of Bill Forward from Hellcat dike
Killdeer 1
Semipalmated Plover 25 Pans, Bill Forward Pool, Sandy Point and Lot 7 beach
Short-billed Dowitcher 16
Long-billed Dowitcher 11 Hellcat dike North Pool. One group of 3 and another group of 8 flew in. Long bills, hunch back shape stood out from other Short billed Dowitchers nearby
Greater Yellowlegs 18
Sanderling 5 Sandy Point State Reservation and Lot 7 beach
Dunlin 2 Main pans
White-rumped Sandpiper 10 Main pans
Least Sandpiper 2 On far shore main pans. Smaller shorebirds with yellowish green legs . Needed scope to see enough color.
Semipalmated Sandpiper 125 Rough estimate at pans, Hellcat, Sandy Point and Lot 7
Ring-billed Gull 10
American Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 4 Sandy Point and Lot 7 Emerson Rocks
Common Tern 2 Sandy Point
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Black-crowned Night Heron 4 Immatures near the concrete water control at Hellcat dike North Pool
Snowy Egret 26 Main pans and Lot 3 pans
Great Egret 5
Great Blue Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1 Seen flying near Cross Farm Hill with a Northern Harrier. Long tail and shape of Accipiter
Northern Harrier 3
Belted Kingfisher 1 Hovering and chattering calls near Lot 1 boat ramp
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Barn Swallow 12 Beach Sandy Point and Lot 7 brach
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 7
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S206121028
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The BBC is pleased to announce that we will again offer two Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarships to nurture interest in bird study and conservation among young birders. The 2025 scholarships will cover the full [...]
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