Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 16, 2025 7:05 AM – 10:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.5 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Led BBC walk.
39 species
Canada Goose 4
Gadwall 2
Mallard 7
American Black Duck 6
Green-winged Teal 25
Black-bellied Plover 1 Fly over, heard.
Killdeer 2
Semipalmated Plover 55
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 NP
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Greater Yellowlegs 23
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 3
White-rumped Sandpiper 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper 70
Ring-billed Gull 2
American Herring Gull 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1 NP
Double-crested Cormorant 17
Snowy Egret 15
Great Egret 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 5
Tree Swallow 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
European Starling 40
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 13
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 4
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S274307412
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