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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