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