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
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Belle Isle Marsh Reservation
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