Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Sep 11, 2016 7:20 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
14.0 mile(s)
Comments: Led BBC walk. Couldn’t buy a warbler. Shorebird numbers fairly low, but nice diversity.
48 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 14
American Black Duck 37
Mallard 19
Green-winged Teal 28 BFP
Wild Turkey 8 One hen with 5 chicks just before the Refuge entrance gate.
Common Loon 1 Emerson Rocks
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Continuing bird at SIP
Double-crested Cormorant 57
Great Blue Heron 16
Great Egret 39
Snowy Egret 31
Black-crowned/Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 12 As we were driving down the Refuge road, we saw approximately 12 Nightherons flying about, as if spooked. This was just before the Goodnough Crossing. Latter in the walk, we came upon 2 more Night herons that flushed as we slowly walked along Hellcat boardwalk approaching Goodenough.
Osprey 3
Northern Harrier 2
Black-bellied Plover 28 BFP & SP
Semipalmated Plover 45
Piping Plover 1 SP
Killdeer 1
Red Knot 7 BFP & SP
Stilt Sandpiper 3 BFP, and surprisingly 1 at the Salt Pannes.
Sanderling 60 From parking lot 7 platform.
Dunlin 3 BFP & SP
Least Sandpiper 3
White-rumped Sandpiper 7 BFP & SIP
Semipalmated Sandpiper 260 Big group at SIP
Short-billed Dowitcher 21
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 42
Lesser Yellowlegs 4
Ring-billed Gull 4
Herring Gull 13
Great Black-backed Gull 3 Everybody’s friend 2E2 was at SP
Mourning Dove 5
Merlin 1 One flew right over us at the platform at parking lot 7 providing super looks at it.
Peregrine Falcon 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 60
Black-capped Chickadee 2
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
European Starling 40
Cedar Waxwing 3
Song Sparrow 1
sparrow sp. 1
Northern Cardinal 1
American Goldfinch 2
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/
Memorial Bird Garden for Ida Giriunas
The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary established the memorial bird garden area for long-time BBC member, former president and nonstop trip leader Ida Giriunas this past spring and continued to add to it this summer
BBC Donation to Friends of Parker River NWR Purple Martin Legacy Project
The BBC is pleased to announce its donation of $250 to support the Purple Martin Legacy Project at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The Friends of the Parker River NWR initiated this worthy
Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarship
The BBC is proud to announce that we have renamed our Young Birder’s Scholarship as the Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarship, in honor of one of our club’s most important and most inspiring leaders.
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A Snowy Owl Comes to Cape Ann was created by Kim Smith for young people during this at-home school time (and adult Snowy lovers, too!). Please share with kids you know who may be
Update on Young Birder Scholarships
Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
Memorial Bird Garden for Ida Giriunas
The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary established the memorial bird garden area for long-time BBC member, former president and nonstop trip leader Ida Giriunas this past spring and continued to add to it this summer
BBC Donation to Friends of Parker River NWR Purple Martin Legacy Project
The BBC is pleased to announce its donation of $250 to support the Purple Martin Legacy Project at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The Friends of the Parker River NWR initiated this worthy
Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarship
The BBC is proud to announce that we have renamed our Young Birder’s Scholarship as the Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarship, in honor of one of our club’s most important and most inspiring leaders.
Snowy Owl Film Project
A Snowy Owl Comes to Cape Ann was created by Kim Smith for young people during this at-home school time (and adult Snowy lovers, too!). Please share with kids you know who may be
Update on Young Birder Scholarships
Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
Memorial Bird Garden for Ida Giriunas
The Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary established the memorial bird garden area for long-time BBC member, former president and nonstop trip leader Ida Giriunas this past spring and continued to add to it this summer
BBC Donation to Friends of Parker River NWR Purple Martin Legacy Project
The BBC is pleased to announce its donation of $250 to support the Purple Martin Legacy Project at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The Friends of the Parker River NWR initiated this worthy
Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarship
The BBC is proud to announce that we have renamed our Young Birder’s Scholarship as the Bill Drummond Young Birder’s Scholarship, in honor of one of our club’s most important and most inspiring leaders.
Snowy Owl Film Project
A Snowy Owl Comes to Cape Ann was created by Kim Smith for young people during this at-home school time (and adult Snowy lovers, too!). Please share with kids you know who may be
Update on Young Birder Scholarships
Updated April 26,2020: The BBC is sorry to announce that National Audubon has cancelled all 2020 summer camps at Hog Island in Maine, so that our two Young Birder Scholarship recipients, May Adams and
Help Us Archive Old Trips!
The Brookline Bird Club has almost 80 years of field trip reports that we’d like to add to eBird. As one of the oldest bird clubs in the United States, our archive of field
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