Parker River NWR Sightings - 4/30/14

Northern Flickr by Tim Spahr


Canada Goose
Mute Swan - Bill Forward Pool
Gadwall
American Wigeon - 2 pair in main panne
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal - drake in main panne
Northern Shoveler 6 - Bill Forward Pool
Northern Pintail  1 - drake in main panne
Bufflehead 12 - Plum Island Sound & Bill Forward Pool
Red-breasted Merganser 15
Wild Turkey 7
Double-crested Cormorant - migrating flocks
Great Egret  20
Snowy Egret  5
Osprey 3 - pair at Pines Trail platform
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker 1 - Hellcat area
Northern Flicker 1 - Hellcat area
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 - Hellcat area
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird 3 - The Warden's & South Field
European Starling
Palm Warbler 1 - Pines Trail
Eastern Towhee  12
Song Sparrow 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Purple Finch 5 - Hellcat area & Pines Trail

Bring on May!

Good birding,
Sue