Ten members
of the Hampshire bird Club made a weekend trip to Cape Cod a couple of weeks
ago. Overall the weekend weather was pretty good, but certainly a bit on the windy
side. We headed out early Saturday morning for Race Point in Provincetown,
hoping to cash in on a few pelagic birds. The biggest obstacle we encountered
was the WIND….but we managed to find a couple lingering Great Shearwaters , 3-4
Parasitic Jaegers, lots of Bonaparte’s Gulls, Gannets, Scoters, Common Eiders
and one Wood Duck flying close to shore with a flock of Common Eiders? Along
the Beach…a flock of Snow Buntings and an American Pipit put on a nice show.
During the
next two days we would work our way up and down Rte 6 from Chatham to
Provincetown, stopping at Fort Hill, Wellfleet Harbor, Morris Island and High
Head to mention just a few. We had some nice birds but nothing to out of the ordinary. A late Lincoln’s Sparrow at High Head, Fox
Sparrow, Rusty Blackbird at Fort Hill and loads of Dunlins, Black-bellied
Plovers, American Oystercatcher and a couple Peregrine Falcons in Chatham. Complete list below.
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| Northern Harrier- Race Point |
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| Gray Seals- Herring Cove Beach, Provincetown. |
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| Common Eiders- Provincetown |
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| Great Blue Heron- Marsh near High Head. |
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| Provincetown |
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| Race Point- Provincetown. |
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| Common Loon-Wellfleet Harbor |
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| Common Eider-Having a snack...Wellfleet Harbor. |
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| The Gang....Chatham Light |
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| Chatham |
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| Chatham Light |
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| Herring Gull- dropping a scallop. |
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| Greater Yellowlegs |
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| Great Egret- Coast Guard Beach. |
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Bonaparte's Gull- Coast Guard Beach. |
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| Yellow-rumped Warbler- Fort Hill. |
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| Northern Cardinal |
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| Northern Flicker-Fort Hill |
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| Peregrine Falcon- Fort Hill.
Hampshire
Bird Club
Cape Cod Trip
– Nov. 9-11, 2013
Areas
Covered:
Chatham
(Chatham Light/Morris Island/Cow Yard Rd/Hardings Beach/CockleCove)
Orleans
(Nauset Beach)
Eastham
(Coast Guard Beach/Fort Hill/First Encounter Beach)
Wellfleet
(Harbor)
Truro
(High Head/Head of the Meadow)
Provincetown
(Race Point/Herring Cove Beach/MacMillian Wharf)
Species:
Canada
Goose- Low numbers.
Brant
-10
Mute
Swan -2
Wood
Duck -1. Flying with Eiders at Race Point.
American
Black Duck- common.
Mallard-
surprisingly uncommon this weekend.
Green-winged
Teal-17. Coast Guard Beach, Nauset Beach, High Head.
Ring-necked
Duck-8 Eastham.
Greater
Scaup- 9
Common
Eider- 3000+ large numbers in Chatham.
Harlequin
Duck-1 male. Nauset Beach…Thank You Sally.
Surf
Scoter- Common- 50-100
White-winged
Scoter- Most Common-1000+
Black
Scoter- 250-300
Long-tailed
Duck -12
Bufflehead-
250+
Common
Goldeneye-2.
Hooded
Merganser- 3 Fort Hill.
Red-breasted
Merganser- 75+
Red-throated
Loon- 25
Common
Loon- 65
Horned
Grebe-15
Red-necked
Grebe- 4
Great
Shearwater-2 Race Point.
Northern
Gannet- 400
Double-crested
Cormorant- 1500+
Great
Cormorant-6
Great
Blue Heron- 10
Great
Egret-2
Northern
Harrier-6
Sharp-shinned
Hawk-3
Red-tailed
Hawk-2
Merlin-1.
High Head.
Peregrine
Falcon- 3. Chatham & Fort Hill.
American
Coot- Eastham
Black-bellied
Plover-150+ (Most at Morris Island)
American
Oystercatcher-1 Morris Island.
Willet-1
Chatham.
Ruddy
Turnstone-1 Chatham.
Sanderling-35+
Semipalmated
Sandpiper-6
White-rumped
Sandpiper- 1 Herring Cove.
Dunlin-275
Bonaparte’s
Gull-300+ Largest numbers-Race Point.
Laughing
Gull-9
Ring-billed
Gull- 40+
Herring
Gull-very common.
Great
Black-backed Gull-Commn
Common
Tern-50 Race Point.
Parasitic
Jaeger-3 Race Point.
Rock
Pigeon- 300
Mourning
Dove- 14
Red-bellied
Woodpecker-1 Fort Hill
Downy
Woodpecker-3
Northern
Flicker-4
Blue
Jay-5
American
Crow
Horned
Lark-6
Black-capped
Chickadee 23
Tufted
Titmouse-4
Red-breasted
Nuthatch-1 Morris Island
White-breasted
Nuthatch-1 Fort Hill
Carolina
Wren-7
Golden-crowned
Kinglet-3
Ruby-crowned
Kinglet-1 Eastham.
Eastern
Bluebird-2 Eastham
American
Robin- 85+
Gray
Catbird-4
Northern
Mockingbird-3
E.Starling-400_
American
Pipit-1 Race Point.
Yellow-rumped
Warbler- 65+
Palm
Warbler-2 Chatham Light.
Fox
Sparrow-1 Fort Hill.
Song
Sparrow-15
Lincoln’s
Sparrow-1 High Head.
White-throated
Sparrow-3
Snow
Bunting-41 Race Point.
Northern
Cardinal-17
Red-winged
Blackbird-1
Rusty
Blackbird-1 Fort Hill
House
Finch- 22
American
Goldfinch-20+
House
Sparrow-20
84
Species
Mammals
Gray
Seals
Rabbit
White-tailed
Deer
Weekend
Weather: Temps 38-60, Strong NW winds on Saturday 10-20mph.
Sunday-light
winds (SW) Cloudy-light on-off rains. Monday –Clear steady NW winds.
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