Parker River NWR, Essex, Massachusetts, US
Oct 8, 2016 8:00 AM – 12:20 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.0 mile(s)
Comments: Brookline Bird Club trip lead by Jonathan Center. Attended by two participants. Areas covered were parking lot # 1, main salt pan, Warden’s/maintenance area, North Pool overlook, Bill Forward pool (from Hellcat dike and observation blind, Pines Trail, and Stage Island pool.
41 species
American Wigeon 10
American Black Duck 90
Mallard 40
Northern Pintail 35
Green-winged Teal (American) 12
Wild Turkey 2
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 33 careful count
Snowy Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Golden-Plover 2
Killdeer 1
Dunlin 2
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Greater Yellowlegs 15
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 10
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 8
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 50
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 9
Eastern Towhee 2
Northern Cardinal 4
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 1
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