Birder’s Corner: Piping Plover
Craig Gibson2026-04-28T14:01:07+00:00May 1, 2026: As Piping Plovers return to Falmouth beaches, they quickly reclaim territories, with males arriving first to patrol and create nest scrap [...]
May 1, 2026: As Piping Plovers return to Falmouth beaches, they quickly reclaim territories, with males arriving first to patrol and create nest scrap [...]
Oct. 3, 2025: In early October, Greater Yellowlegs forage actively in Buzzards Bay marshes, shifting with tides between mudflats, creeks, and ponds. R [...]
September 5, 2025: A Forster’s Tern in Great Sippewissett Marsh in late August is migrating south, staging with Common and Roseate Terns before follow [...]
July 25, 2025: After making first flight, Roseate Tern chicks around Buzzards Bay make short flights near the nesting colony, then expand daily foragi [...]
July 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 [...]
July 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 [...]