Cape Cod RBA
June 7, 2006
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Cape Cod, MA - 7 June 2006
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Cape Cod
* June 7, 2006
* MACC0606.07
-Birds mentioned
Sooty Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Laughing Gull
Bald Eagle
American Woodcock
American Oystercatcher
Common Nighthawk
American Bittern
Great Crested-flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Mourning Warbler
-Transcript
hotline: Cape Cod Natural History Hotline
date: June 7,2006
number: 1-888-224-6444 ext. 3
to report: 508-349-2615 (sightings@wellfleetbay.org)
coverage: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
compiler: Melissa Lowe and/or Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary Staff
As we’re entering the summer months, birds that spend their winters in our
summer waters are starting to return. These include SOOTY SHEARWATERS,
GREATER SHEARWATERS, and MANX SHEARWATERS. SOOTY SHEARWATERS are being
reported from several Cape Cod beaches in numbers ranging from 1 to 25.
Birders often see shearwaters and other pelagic birds with telescopes while
over looking the ocean for quite some time. However, your best bet for
seeing these birds up close is on a whale watch. Often times shearwaters,
storm-petrels, and gulls will feed near the whales, picking up the prey
items that the whale brings to the surface. If you’re lucky you may even see
a LAUGHING GULL land on a whale’s mouth and pick krill out of the baleen. It
has been reported that some gulls have fallen inside the whale’s mouth, but
they are promptly spit out!!!
COMMON NIGHTHAWKS are also starting to make their way north to breeding
grounds and there have been several reports through out the Cape.
Other interesting birds seen last week include an AMERICAN WOODCOCK in North
Truro, an AMERICAN BITTERN that has been seen several times from Pilgrim
Heights in Truro, and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS are being reported with more
regularity.
Beech Forest in Provincetown is still a popular place. Warblers reported
from Beech Forest this week include: NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA WARBLER,
BLACKPOLL WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, and a MOURNING WARBLER. The most
interesting Beech Forest bird this week was an ACADIAN FLYCACTHER.
Other flycatchers that have been seen this week are GREAT
CRESTED-FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, and EASTERN KINGBIRD.
Immature BALD EAGLES are still being reported from several locations such as
Pilgrim Heights in Truro and even the parking lot of the Wellfleet Bay
Wildlife Sanctuary.
An interesting non-bird sighting was a pair of BLACK RACER snakes mating.
The Cape Cod Natural History Hotline is sponsored by the Bird Watcher's
General Store in Orleans and the Massachusetts Audubon Society's Wellfleet
Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. You may reach the hotline directly by phone at
1-888-224-6444 or through the Internet at
http://www.wellfleetbay.org/hotline.html.
- End transcript
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Melissa Lowe
Education Coordinator
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663
508-349-2615 (phone), 508-349-2632 (fax)
mlowe@massaudubon.org
"Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts"
www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay
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