Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US

Sep 14, 2025 8:21 AM – 11:02 AM

Protocol: Traveling

2.995 mile(s)

42 species

Canada Goose  11

Mallard  6

American Black Duck  2

Green-winged Teal  2

American Golden-Plover  1    Heard only

Semipalmated Plover  4

Lesser Yellowlegs  4

Greater Yellowlegs  5

Least Sandpiper  1

Ring-billed Gull  1

American Herring Gull  9

Pied-billed Grebe  1

Double-crested Cormorant  25

Tricolored Heron  1    NPO

Snowy Egret  1

Great Egret  2

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  1

Merlin  1

Least Flycatcher  1

Blue Jay  11

Black-capped Chickadee  4

Tree Swallow  46

Barn Swallow  12

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  135

Gray Catbird  11

Brown Thrasher  1    Seen by two in the group

American Robin  12

Cedar Waxwing  9

Purple Finch  1    Heard only

Clay-colored Sparrow  1

Song Sparrow  6

Eastern Towhee  5

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Brown-headed Cowbird  1

Northern Parula  1

Yellow Warbler  1

Blackpoll Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Wilson’s Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S273421686

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