Parker River NWR walk on 9/14/14

Parker River NWR, Essex, US-MA
9/14/14 
8:15 AM - 3:15 PM
3.0 mile(s)
Leader: Dan Berard
Comments:  Ocean State Bird Club trip. Started at Lot 1, then headed to Hellcat and Sandy Point. After Sandy Point we birded our way back. Good diversity but low numbers of land birds. Most of the shorebird activity was at Sandy Point. 

92 species

• Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  73
  
• Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)  5
  
• Gadwall (Anas strepera)  1
  
• American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)  13
  
• Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)  52     Estimate
  
• Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)  5     One flock
  
• Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)  7
  
• Green-winged Teal (American) (Anas crecca carolinensis)  5
  
• Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)  7
  
• Common Loon (Gavia immer)  1
  
• Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)  100     Estimate; several small to medium flocks flying overhead
  
• Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)  13     Most likely more
  
• Great Egret (Ardea alba)  30     Low estimate; present at every stop and constantly flying by in singles and pairs
  
• Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)  80     Estimate; ever present in good numbers.
  
• Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)  8
  
• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)  3
  
• Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)  7
  
• Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)  1
  
• Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)  5
  
• Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)  1
  
• Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)  2
  
• Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)  23
  
• American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)  1     Flyover calling from Hellcat
  
• Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)  200     Estimate
  
• Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)  1
  
• Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)  1
  
• Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)  17
  
• Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)  4
  
• Red Knot (Calidris canutus)  5
  
• Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)  1Sanderling (Calidris alba)  110     Estimate
  
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina)  9
  
• Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)  6
  
• White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)  16
  
• Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)  3
  
• Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)  300     Low estimate. Many good size flocks seen throughout
  
• Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)  5
  
• Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)  1
  
• Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)  32     Estimate
  
• Herring Gull (American) (Larus argentatus smithsonianus)  100     Estimate
  
• Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)  20     Estimate
  
• Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) (Columba livia (Feral Pigeon))  3
  
• Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)  4
  
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)  2
  
• Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  5
  
• American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  6
  
• House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)  6

Thank you to Marc Gousie for sharing his pictures with us.

• Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) (Colaptes auratus auratus/luteus)  2
  
• Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)  2     Possibly 3
  
• Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe)  4
  
• Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)  1
  
• Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)  3
  
• Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)  14     Estimate
  
• American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  12     Estimate
  
• Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)  50     Estimate
  
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)  10     Estimate
  
• Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  12     Estimate
  
• Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)  1
  
• White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  6
  
• Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)  1
  
• Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  2
  
• American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  20     Estimate
  
• Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  5
  
• Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)  1
  
• Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  3
  
• European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)  13
  
• Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  11
  
• Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)  2
  
• Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)  1
  
• Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)  1
  
• Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)  1
  
• Nashville Warbler (Oreothlypis ruficapilla)  1
  
• Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)  3
  
• American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)  2
  
• Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)  4
  
• Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)  2
  
• Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens)  1
  
• Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)  1
  
• Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)  1
  
• Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)  4
  
• Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida)  1     Hellcat
  
• Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)  3
  
• Saltmarsh Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)  1
  
• Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus)  1
  
• Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  6     Estimate
  
• White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  1     Hellcat
  
• Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  11
  
• Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)  1
  
• Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)  4
  
• Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)  6
  
• House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)  3
  
• Purple Finch (Haemorhous purpureus)  2