Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 8, 2024 9:15 AM – 2:14 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Brookline Bird Club Walk- Plum Island PRNWR- Leader Nick Paulson. Sunny, cool and windy to start, warming as the day went. Quiet overall, shorebirds seemed to be flushed by Peregrines before we got to each stop, but finally we got good views of several shorebird species at Stage Island. The Guillemot continued to give good views at Emerson Rocks.
50 species (+5 other taxa)
Canada Goose 10
Gadwall 12
Mallard 13
American Black Duck 20
Green-winged Teal 8
Common Eider 10
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 75
Short-billed Dowitcher 6
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 40
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Greater Yellowlegs 20
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs 25
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Sanderling 4
White-rumped Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 75
peep sp. 150
shorebird sp. 10 Two flyby birds at Emerson Rocks were possibly Red Knot.
Black Guillemot 1 Continuing diving repeatedly at Emerson Rocks.
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull (American) 40
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Snowy Egret 20
Great Egret 30
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 10
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey (carolinensis) 4
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 20
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Tree Swallow 25
Barn Swallow (American) 20
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 12
American Robin 8
American Goldfinch 4
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 5
Eastern Towhee 5
new world sparrow sp. 1 Possibly Savannah at lot 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 1
Northern Cardinal 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S194923968
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