Birder’s Corner: Least Tern
Craig Gibson2025-05-28T16:31:40+00:00May 23, 2025: Each May in Falmouth, male Least Terns attract females by offering small fish. This food exchange strengthens pair bonds, signaling read [...]
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May 2025
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Mar 2025
Birder’s Corner: Horned Grebe
Craig Gibson2025-03-20T17:42:40+00:00March 21, 2025: in late winter, Horned Grebes in Falmouth transition into breeding plumage, increase foraging, and gather in small groups before migra [...]
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Jan 2025
Birder’s Corner: Surf Scoter
Craig Gibson2025-01-09T15:33:24+00:00Jan. 10, 2025: Surf Scoters are often seen just offshore during winter months in Falmouth. They forage at dawn and dusk, rest midday, and roost in she [...]
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Dec 2024
Birder’s Corner: Long-tailed Duck
Craig Gibson2024-12-12T13:35:09+00:00Dec. 6, 2024: Long-tailed Ducks wintering around Buzzards Bay follow a daily rhythm of deep diving for food, socializing, resting, and roosting, adapt [...]
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Apr 2024
Birder’s Corner: Thick-billed Murre
Craig Gibson2024-04-24T16:03:51+00:00Aril 26, 2024: The Thick-billed Murre is a medium-sized seabird. They migrate northward in spring, using celestial and magnetic cues. They feed on fis [...]
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Nov 2023
Laughing Gull
Craig Gibson2023-12-06T13:04:37+00:00Nov. 17, 2023: Laughing gulls seen in Falmouth during fall months, migrate south in winter as far as the Caribbean and Central America. They seek temp [...]