Birder’s Corner: Roseate Tern
Craig Gibson2025-07-24T13:30:17+00:00July 25, 2025: After making first flight, Roseate Tern chicks around Buzzards Bay make short flights near the nesting colony, then expand daily foragi [...]
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Jul 2025
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Jul 2025
Birder’s Corner: Piping Plover chick
Craig Gibson2025-07-24T13:32:56+00:00July 11, 2025: In early July on Cape Cod, tiny Piping Plover chicks are fluffy, quick, and well-camouflaged. They leave the nest within hours, forage [...]
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Jul 2025
Birder’s Corner: Black-bellied Plover
Craig Gibson2025-07-07T16:02:38+00:00July 4, 2025: Young Black-bellied Plovers often remain on Cape Cod in late spring and summer, foraging on tidal flats for invertebrates, rather than c [...]
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May 2025
Birder’s Corner: Common Tern
Craig Gibson2025-05-15T14:20:31+00:00May 16, 2025: After spring arrival in Falmouth, Common Terns forage for small fish, court through food offerings and aerial displays, and form pair bo [...]
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Mar 2025
Birder’s Corner: Purple Sandpiper
Craig Gibson2025-03-06T12:46:16+00:00March 7, 2025: Purple Sandpipers remain on Cape Cod’s rocky shorelines through early March, gradually migrating north in small groups. They forage on [...]
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Oct 2024
Birder’s Corner: Least Sandpiper
Craig Gibson2024-10-09T23:57:19+00:00Oct. 11, 2024: Least Sandpipers migrate south from northern breeding grounds in Alaska and Canada to wintering areas in the southern U.S., Central Ame [...]