United States · Massachusetts
Parker River NWR
355 species and 1,535,985 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and August–October, with up to 261 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
American Black DuckAnas rubripes
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern HarrierCircus hudsonius
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Plum Island4 km354 species
- Salisbury Beach State Reservation7 km286 species
- Halibut Point SP16 km277 species
- Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary18 km234 species
- Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary30 km242 species
- Odiorne Point SP, Rye32 km303 species
All 355 species recorded here
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Sage Thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Couch's Kingbird Tyrannus couchii
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Boreal Chickadee Poecile hudsonicus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Parker River NWR?
May and August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 261 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Parker River NWR?
355 species, from 1,535,985 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Parker River NWR in November?
The most recorded in November: American Black Duck, Canada Goose, Northern Harrier, Mallard and American Herring Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.