Son Will and I made it to South Beach in Chatham, Monday. This is a very special spot. (would be great for photography, hint).
One can only get there with a group, no more single boat rides. So we went with Wellfleet Bay Audubon. 4 hours.
I logged 45 species. 9 domestic. Rest from the water or during the beach walk. There are No. Atl. Grey Seals about, as a bonus. No GW Sharks.
1 Little Gull (non-breeding plum). A first.
1 Marbled Godwit
1 Hudsonian Godwit
3 Whimbrel
9 Am Oystercsatchers
1 White-rumped Sandpiper
1 Wilson’s Phalarope, winter plum, on the beach, wandering around with head cut off.
2 Snowy Egret
12 Piping Plovers
1 Salt-marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
~2000 Common Terns
~20 Roseate Terns
1 Forsters Tern
1 Black Tern
~ 10 Red Knots
~400 Black-bellied Plovers
~500 S-b Dowitchers
~100 Ruddy Turnstones
~50 Semi-p Plovers
~200 Semi-p Sandpipers
~20 Least Sandp.
~200 Sanderlings
~ 12 Willets
3 Greater Yellowlegs
Osprey, 6
Co Loons, 6
Many gulls, swallows, redwings.
Fun spot !!!!!!!!!!
Bill S
Bill Shepard
Project Coordinator
CT River Birding Trail
2360 Academy Road
Thetford Center, VT 05075
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