Piping plover chicks are starting to hatch in a variety of Falmouth beach locations. The parents share the duties of incubating the eggs until they ha [...]

Least Terns typically return to Cape Cod and Buzzards Bay beaches from the end of May until early June.  They begin nesting activities on sandy beache [...]

Willets belong to the shorebird family and are most often found in coastal saltwater habitats, especially salt marshes and nearby tidal beaches.  They [...]

The final waves of northbound migrating shorebirds are making their way back to their arctic breeding grounds.  This male Black-bellied Plover in full [...]

The Greater Yellowlegs is a common spring migrant along the Falmouth coast from April until early May.  This shorebird is typically found in salt mars [...]

American oystercatchers are among the earliest breeding birds to return to the Falmouth area as summer residents. They are very distinctive with their [...]