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 [...]
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May 2026
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Oct 2025
Birder’s Corner: Gretaer Yellowlegs
Craig Gibson2025-10-02T01:06:15+00:00Oct. 3, 2025: In early October, Greater Yellowlegs forage actively in Buzzards Bay marshes, shifting with tides between mudflats, creeks, and ponds. R [...]
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Sep 2025
Birder’s Corner: Forster’s Tern
Craig Gibson2025-09-11T13:52:41+00:00September 5, 2025: A Forster’s Tern in Great Sippewissett Marsh in late August is migrating south, staging with Common and Roseate Terns before follow [...]
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Jul 2025
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
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 [...]