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Location South Beach, Chatham
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Owner Blair Nikula

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  1
  • Distance:  2 mi

Checklist Comments

Clear; W@5mph to ENE@5mph; Tide high. Shorebird counts are crude estimates, as the birds continue to be widely dispersed, even at high tide, with no major roosts.

Totals

41
Species Observed
+2 other taxa, 10,102 individuals

Observations

  1. American Black Duck

    Number observed:  1

  2. Common Eider

    Number observed:  6

  3. Surf Scoter

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    ^ off Morris Island

  4. White-winged Scoter

    Number observed:  11

    Details

    ^ off Morris Island

  5. Black Scoter

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    ^ off Morris Island

  6. American Oystercatcher

    Number observed:  15

    Age & Sex:

    Age Juvenile Immature Adult Age Unknown
    Male
    Female
    Sex Unknown 3

  7. Black-bellied Plover

    Number observed:  225

  8. Semipalmated Plover

    Number observed:  250

  9. Piping Plover

    Number observed:  20

  10. Whimbrel

    Number observed:  3

  11. Hudsonian Godwit

    Number observed:  13

  12. Short-billed Dowitcher

    Number observed:  1200

  13. Solitary Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    flyover

  14. Lesser Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  1

  15. Willet (Eastern)

    Number observed:  40

  16. Willet (Western)

    Number observed:  8

  17. Greater Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  35

  18. Ruddy Turnstone

    Number observed:  20

  19. Red Knot

    Number observed:  200

  20. Sanderling

    Number observed:  1200

  21. Dunlin

    Number observed:  4

  22. White-rumped Sandpiper

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    very low number for the date

  23. Least Sandpiper

    Number observed:  200

  24. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  2500

  25. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  75

  26. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  10

  27. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  350

    Details

    most around new inlet (excluding birds on Monomoy)

  28. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  600

    Details

    most around new inlet (excluding birds on Monomoy)

  29. Lesser Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    1-1cy, 1-2cy; both on N side of inlet

  30. Least Tern

    Number observed:  30

  31. Common Tern

    Number observed:  2000

  32. Roseate Tern

    Number observed:  500

    Details

    many juvs.

  33. Sandwich Tern

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    ^ 1st year? (white forehead, very little crest; yellow bill tip dull and inconspicuous); SATE_SouthBeach073113a40 photos
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  34. Common Loon

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    ^ 5 off Morris Island

  35. Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater

    Number observed:  1

  36. Northern Gannet

    Number observed:  3

  37. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  500

    Details

    mostly around new inlet

  38. Snowy Egret

    Number observed:  30

    Details

    dense feeding flock on east side of South Monomoy

  39. Great Egret

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    with feeding flock of SNEG

  40. Osprey

    Number observed:  1

  41. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  20

  42. Saltmarsh Sparrow

    Number observed:  2

  43. Savannah Sparrow

    Number observed:  1