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Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, Newbury US-MA 42.76548, -70.80460, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 5:45 AM – 1:35 PM

Protocol: Traveling

7.403 mile(s)

91 species

Canada Goose  4

Mute Swan  2

Gadwall  9

Mallard  18

American Black Duck  5

Green-winged Teal  4

Common Eider  5

Bufflehead  6

Wild Turkey  1

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

Mourning Dove  2

Clapper Rail  1    Continuing

Black-bellied Plover  1

Killdeer  7

Semipalmated Plover  4

Wilson’s Phalarope  1

Lesser Yellowlegs  6

Willet  12

Greater Yellowlegs  17

Sanderling  7

White-rumped Sandpiper  1    In salt pans

Least Sandpiper  28

Semipalmated Sandpiper  8

American Herring Gull  10

Great Black-backed Gull  2

Common Loon  2

Double-crested Cormorant  3

Yellow-crowned Night Heron  1    Continuing M10

Snowy Egret  3

Green Heron  1

Great Egret  8

Great Blue Heron  1

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Merlin  2

Peregrine Falcon  1

Least Flycatcher  1

Great Crested Flycatcher  1

Eastern Kingbird  2

White-eyed Vireo  1

Blue-headed Vireo  1

Eastern Warbling Vireo  1

Blue Jay  2

American Crow  1

Black-capped Chickadee  2

Tufted Titmouse  2

Tree Swallow  200

Purple Martin  5

Barn Swallow  14

Northern House Wren  1

Marsh Wren  1

Carolina Wren  1

European Starling  1

Gray Catbird  5

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

Wood Thrush  1    H

American Robin  1

House Sparrow  2

House Finch  4

Purple Finch  2    H

American Goldfinch  4

Chipping Sparrow  1

Field Sparrow  1

White-throated Sparrow  1

Savannah Sparrow  6

Song Sparrow  4

Swamp Sparrow  1

Eastern Towhee  6

Bobolink  1

Baltimore Oriole  1

Red-winged Blackbird  5

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  4

Ovenbird  1    H

Black-and-white Warbler  2

Nashville Warbler  1

Common Yellowthroat  2

American Redstart  2

Northern Parula  2

Magnolia Warbler  2

Blackburnian Warbler  1

Northern Yellow Warbler  3

Chestnut-sided Warbler  1

Black-throated Blue Warbler  1

Yellow-rumped Warbler  1

Black-throated Green Warbler  1

Wilson’s Warbler  1

Northern Cardinal  2

Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297954

Cashman Park, Newburyport US-MA 42.81707, -70.87806, Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 1:55 PM – 2:06 PM

Protocol: Stationary

4 species

Ring-billed Gull  8

American Herring Gull  3

Double-crested Cormorant  2

Osprey  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297967

Wet Meadows, Newbury US-MA (42.7885,-70.9093), Essex, Massachusetts, US

May 9, 2026 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM

Protocol: Stationary

Checklist Comments:    BBC Big Day last stop

5 species

Canada Goose  2

Glossy Ibis  40

White-faced Ibis  1    Continuing with large flock of glossy ibis, Differentiated by lighter, more reddish brown coloration and facial differences.

Turkey Vulture  3

Red-winged Blackbird  9

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S337297983

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    For over 50 years, Soheil Zendeh has been monitoring shorebirds populations in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Over the past 35 years there have been drastic drops in most shorebird populations, particularly long distance migratory birds from the Arctic. He is the author of New England Shorebird Guide, a web-based field guide for New England shorebirders focused

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    Join us to observe resident birds and summer migrants in a unique urban habitat that is a favorite for many bird species, including uncommon and rare birds. Birders of all levels will enjoy this walk. The trails are (generally) flat and easy to walk. A water bottle and water proof clothing including a hat are

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    Co-sponored with Cape Cod Bird Club. We’ll walk the marsh trail to where it meets Mill Creek and return via the beach, less than a mile round trip. We’ll then head towards the overlook where we’ll likely view herons, egrets, shorebirds, passerines, gulls, osprey and Northern Harrier. This is another area with mixed habitat, a

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