[MASSBIRD] South Beach Chatham

[Peter Trull]

Massbirders,
I spent a couple of hours on South Beach this morning, having to leave about
1.5 hrs before high tide.
Still, great shorebird diversity with some species' numbers low yet. The
Godwits were a fly-by and they flew far to the south on South Monomoy. I
didn't find any number of godwits. Need to stay longer next time. Least
tern and Common Tern fledglings were observed with downy Willet and Piping
Plover chicks evident on the flats.
Peter Trull
Brewster, MA
pet...@comcast.net

Chatham, Barnstable County, MA, US, Barnstable, US-MA
Jul 17, 2012 8:40 AM - 10:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments: South Beach
32 species

Canada Goose 2
Common Eider 2
Double-crested Cormorant 12
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 4
Osprey 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 15
Semipalmated Plover 6
Piping Plover 12
American Oystercatcher 12
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Willet 45
Whimbrel 9
Hudsonian Godwit 2
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Red Knot 135
Semipalmated Sandpiper 90
Least Sandpiper 90
White-rumped Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 235
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Least Tern 6
Roseate Tern 1
Common Tern 60
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 3
Barn Swallow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4

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