Important Bird Areas
Great Salt Marsh
Owner: USFWS, Mass Audubon, TTOR, Essex Co. Greenbelt Association, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
Ornithological Summary
Significant concentrations of the following have been recorded at this site: waterfowl, seabirds, shorebirds, wading birds, raptors, landbirds.
Birds in This Area
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
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