Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 25, 2016 8:00 AM – 12:14 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
Comments: BBC – Plum Island – Leader: Neil Hayward
37 species
American Black Duck 143
Mallard 28
Green-winged Teal 42
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Great Blue Heron 7
Great Egret 40
Snowy Egret 6
Turkey Vulture 16
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 39
Semipalmated Plover 7
Killdeer 2
Dunlin 116
Semipalmated Sandpiper 99
Greater Yellowlegs 12
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Eastern Phoebe 3
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 40
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 5
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 3
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 8
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