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Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2022 08:56 – 13:28
Protocol: Traveling
6.9 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:    BBC TRIP TO: Parker River NWR and Vicinity – Extremely warm day for this time of year! Beautiful weather brought a great group out for some birdin!  We worked our way into the refuge Lot 1, Boat ramp, Pannes, Scurves, Wardens, North Pool Overlook, Hellcat dike /trails, & Pines and made a few pit stops on our way back out snagging Siskins at the NPO as we were leaving! Great way to end this leg of the trip.
Canada Goose  8
Mute Swan  7
Gadwall  2
Mallard  19
American Black Duck  249
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)  1
Northern Pintail  2
Green-winged Teal (American)  220
Bufflehead  8
duck sp.  120
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  4
Black-bellied Plover  75
Dunlin  92
Greater Yellowlegs  4
Bonaparte’s Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  62
Herring Gull (American)  37
Great Black-backed Gull  3
Red-throated Loon  2
Common Loon  3
Double-crested Cormorant  121
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  3
Turkey Vulture  3
Northern Harrier  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  3
Peregrine Falcon (North American)  1
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  19
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Horned Lark  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  3
Pine Siskin  2    NPO
American Goldfinch  14
Snow Bunting  6
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3
White-throated Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Northern Cardinal  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S121938158
Salisbury Beach State Reservation, Essex, Massachusetts, US
05-Nov-2022 13:52 – 15:46
Protocol: Traveling
2.28 mile(s)
 We worked our way into the Reservation stopping at the pine grove and trails, onto the Boat ramp, then over to the Jetty /Oceanside. The Crossbills were a nice way to end the 2nd leg of the trip.
American Black Duck  33
Common Eider (Dresser’s)  32
White-winged Scoter  2
Black Scoter  500    Conservative-big movement
scoter sp.  400
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  1
Black-bellied Plover  14
Dunlin  6
Greater Yellowlegs  5
Bonaparte’s Gull  3
Ring-billed Gull  42
Herring Gull (American)  23
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  2
Northern Gannet  11
Double-crested Cormorant  82
Turkey Vulture  2
Northern Harrier  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  5
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  4
Brown Creeper  1
Carolina Wren  2
American Robin  4
House Finch  2
Red Crossbill  3    Young females in pine grove corner after you turn towards campgrounds on right side of road.  Also have a recording (with discussion in background).
American Goldfinch  14
American Tree Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  5
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)  2
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S121938159

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