Cape Cod RBA
May 31, 2006
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] Cape Cod, MA - 31 May 2006
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- RBA
* Massachusetts
* Cape Cod
* May 31, 2006
* MACC0605.31
-Birds mentioned
Bald Eagle
CURLEW SANDPIPER
Northern Wheater
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
American Redstart
Kentucky Warbler
Mourning Warbler
-Transcript
hotline: Cape Cod Natural History Hotline
date: May 24,2006
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
This has been an interesting spring migration. Numbers of common birds are
down, but the numbers of rare or uncommon birds are up.
North Monomoy is always a great spot to look for rare shorebirds, and this
week it did not disappoint when a CURLEW SANDPIPER showed up. Other rare
birds that made themselves known this week are: a NORTHERN WHEATER on
Nantucket which originally made a brief appearance on the 26 at Chapin Beach
in Dennis, possibly two MISSISSIPPI KITES were seen from the Pilgrim Heights
hawkwatch on the 29, and a GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH has been seen twice at the
Beech Forest on the 27 and 31.
The Beech Forest in Provincetown is monitored every morning by hardy
birdwatchers and the following noteworthy species have been seen: MAGNOLIA
WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE
WARBLER, and AMERICAN REDSTART.
Another interesting warbler sighting was a MOURNING WARBLER that was found
in Wellfleet. Mourning warblers are easily overlooked during migration, as
they hang out in thick shrubby vegetation and prefer running around on the
ground like a mouse as opposed to jumping from limb to limb.
Also of interest to many Cape Cod residents is an immature BALD EAGLE that
has been seen in Brewster, Dennis and other locales. The immature bald eagle
lacks the white head and tail of the adult and is mostly dark brown with
some white mottling. Be sure to keep an eye out for him soaring with very
stiff flat wings.
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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