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RED-BREASTED MERGANSER

The Red-breasted Merganser is a medium sized diving duck with black upperparts, gray sides, a rust brown breast and a crisp white neck.  The serrated and thin red-orange bill is very long.  This duck also has red eyes and a shaggy crest on its green-black head.  They spend the winter in protected bays, ponds, and [...]
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COMMON EIDER

The Common Eider is a large diving duck with a distinctive sloping forehead, black body, and white breast and back.  It has a black crown and a greenish olive bill with an olive green wash on the back and sides of the neck.  It is most common as a winter visitor but also breeds locally [...]
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DOWNY WOODPECKER

The Downy Woodpecker is the smallest North American woodpecker.  It is a common sight in Falmouth all year long.  It is named for the soft appearance of its feathers.  These woodpeckers are known for drumming on and drilling into dead limbs or tree trunks as well as utility poles and other man-made objects.  They are [...]
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BUFFLEHEAD

Quissett Harbor is another terrific location to watch wintering ducks.  One of the most frequent wintering ducks is the Bufflehead.  The bufflehead is a small diving duck and is commonly found in sheltered bays and coastal harbors.  The bufflehead has a mostly white body, black back, large dark head with greenish-purple gloss and a large [...]
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COMMON GOLDENEYE

Falmouth Harbor is a terrific location for observing wintering ducks.  A variety of ducks seek shelter in the calm of the harbor and they are easy to watch from a close distance.  Recently a group of ducks was diving around the head of the harbor.  One of these was the Common Goldeneye which is a [...]
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5 thoughts on “The Blog”

  1. francesca parkinson says:
    February 14, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    beautifully done and much needed our natural habitant a treasure fcp

  2. Althea Holland says:
    February 14, 2012 at 11:23 pm

    This site is simply wonderful.

    Thank-you so much!

    AH

  3. Dick DeWolfe says:
    March 31, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    This is fabulous….and better than any field guide….

  4. Brent Runyon says:
    May 23, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    Hi Craig,
    Just making sure you know about the Piping Plovers nest found last week on Menauhant Beach.

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