I wanted a change of scenery, so I spent a long beautiful day at Parker River NWR. Very windy and cold, but worth it, for it was a waterfowl bonanza! Sara - Hartland VT > Plum Island, MA, Essex, US-MA > Nov 18, 2011 10:00 AM - 4:15 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 6.8 mile(s) > 41 species (+1 other taxa) > > Canada Goose 425 > Mute Swan 5 > Gadwall 35 > Eurasian Wigeon 1 male - seen in salt pannes, mixed in with American Wigeons > American Wigeon 46 > American Black Duck 47 > Mallard 62 > Northern Pintail 52 > Green-winged Teal 23 > Lesser Scaup 20 > Common Eider 38 > Surf Scoter 28 > White-winged Scoter 51 > Black Scoter 86 > Long-tailed Duck 6 > Bufflehead 8 > Hooded Merganser 25 > Red-breasted Merganser 30 > Ruddy Duck 32 > Red-throated Loon 17 > Common Loon 25 > Red-necked Grebe 2 > Northern Gannet 18 > Double-crested Cormorant 10 > Great Blue Heron 8 > Great Egret 2 > Northern Harrier 3 > Red-tailed Hawk 1 > American Coot 40 > Greater Yellowlegs 2 > Lesser Yellowlegs 3 > Dunlin 84 > peep sp. 30 > Bonaparte's Gull 45 > Ring-billed Gull X > Herring Gull X > Great Black-backed Gull 11 > American Crow 7 > Northern Mockingbird 3 > European Starling 36 > Snow Bunting 35 > American Tree Sparrow 4