Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

12-Sep-2023 07:05 – 11:20

Protocol: Traveling

4.0 mile(s)

Checklist Comments:    Steady, light drizzle for the first hour then overcast and humid.  High tide at 10:30.  Led BBC walk.

39 species (+3 other taxa)

Canada Goose  7

Mallard  42

American Black Duck  2

Northern Pintail  3

Green-winged Teal  45

Mourning Dove  4

Black-bellied Plover  12

American Golden-Plover  2    BFP from dike.  Thanks, Tom!

Semipalmated Plover  7

Stilt Sandpiper  1    North end of main salt panne.

Sanderling  2    Beach from parking lot 2.

Baird’s Sandpiper  2    BFP from Hellcat Dike.  Close.

Least Sandpiper  1

White-rumped Sandpiper  87    Main salt Pannes. The most I have ever had here on the Reduge!

Semipalmated Sandpiper  120

Short-billed Dowitcher  2

Long-billed Dowitcher  2

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher  1

Greater Yellowlegs  32

Ring-billed Gull  2

Herring Gull  16

Great Black-backed Gull  4

Double-crested Cormorant  21

Great Blue Heron  1

Great Egret  9

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Blue Jay  6

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tree Swallow  100

Gray Catbird  8

Northern Mockingbird  1

American Robin  9

new world sparrow sp.  1

Black-and-white Warbler  2

American Redstart  1

Bay-breasted Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  2

Palm Warbler  1

new world warbler sp.  5

Northern Cardinal  4

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S149748678