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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