Birder’s Corner: Piping Plover chick
Craig Gibson2025-07-10T12:06:33+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 [...]
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 [...]
May 16, 2025: After spring arrival in Falmouth, Common Terns forage for small fish, court through food offerings and aerial displays, and form pair bo [...]
March 7, 2025: Purple Sandpipers remain on Cape Cod’s rocky shorelines through early March, gradually migrating north in small groups. They forage on [...]
Oct. 11, 2024: Least Sandpipers migrate south from northern breeding grounds in Alaska and Canada to wintering areas in the southern U.S., Central Ame [...]
Oct. 4, 2024: During fall migration along the Falmouth coast, Semipalmated Plovers forage on mudflats, using a "run-stop-peck" technique to catch inve [...]