Headed off to Hyannis area (Cape Cod) with son Will on Sunday last week to re-do a porch deck. Lots of work. But always make time to bird in the am and pm. I have a favorite barrier beach along the coast that is quiet, little visited and with an extensive salt marsh behind it. Kind of my salvation from work and the busy-ness of the cape. I have birded here most of my life as my grandma lived nearby. Highlights: (so fun to see birds we do not usually see much of.) Some of these birds were seen multiple times/ days. Some are nesting. No. Gannet 1 fly over (a site first) Dunlin 3 almost full BP Bl. Bellied Plover 2 almost full BP Ruddy Turnstone 10 Co. Loon 1 fly over Least Terns 24 nesting and hugely vocal, very fun. Piping Plovers 4 these birds have nested here for years. Audubon monitors them. Found 1 w/ a yellow and a blue leg band, a first for me. Gr. Yellowlegs 1 bit different than the Le Ye we had around here for awhile. Semi-palmated Sandpipers many singles, few in bunches and a group of 60 Least Sandpipers 2 Willets 6 their usual noisy selves American Oystercatchers 2 several times. Quite impressive with their red-orange bill and red eye. Snowy Egrets 2 Great Egret 1 Dowitcher sp. 1 I thought Short-b. Spotted Sp. 1 Sanderlings 2 almost full BP Lots of Pine Warblers.something about the Cape (and the pines) Happy days BiSh To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask]: UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask]: CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address] Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html