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

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2022

The Brookline Bird Club (BBC) recorded 276 species for 2022, based upon 204 reported trips. Of those, 264 species were recorded in Massachusetts, with 12 additional species reported from the out-of-state trips to New Hampshire [...]

ANNUAL REPORT 2021

Brookline Bird Club 2021 Statistical and Year-End Report By David Scott, Club Statistician The Brookline Bird Club recorded 270 species for 2021, based upon 206 reported trips. Two-hundred and sixty-five species were recorded in Massachusetts, [...]

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