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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May 2025
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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 [...]
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Oct 2024
Birder’s Corner: Semipalmated Plover
Craig Gibson2024-10-02T22:03:39+00:00Oct. 4, 2024: During fall migration along the Falmouth coast, Semipalmated Plovers forage on mudflats, using a "run-stop-peck" technique to catch inve [...]
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Sep 2024
Birder’s Corner: Black-bellied Plover
Craig Gibson2024-09-18T17:12:25+00:00Sept. 20, 2024: Black-bellied Plovers migrate south from the Arctic, stopping along Falmouth barrier beaches in the fall. Conservation of local coasta [...]
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Sep 2024
Birder’s Corner: Semipalmated Sandpiper
Craig Gibson2024-09-13T13:43:35+00:00Sept 6, 2024: During fall migration along Buzzards Bay, Semipalmated Sandpipers forage in flocks on mudflats, consuming protein-rich invertebrates to [...]