Cape Cod Day 7 - Nauset Marsh (8/18)

After dinner on Friday we decided to take one last trip to Nauset Marsh for a little birding. We had noticed that Wellfleet Bay had sceduled a trip there to coincide with the incoming tide. It sounded good to us, so we arrived around 7:00 and made our way down to the boadwalk. As we came down the path we saw the Audubon group and, to our surprise, their leader was Dan Bedard (one of our birding buddies from central Massachusetts).
We set up our scope nearby and listened to Dan point out the birds of the marsh. He really impressed me on how easily he handled the crowd. He's a real natural.. hopefully he continues leading trips in the future.
The birds of the marsh were almost identical to the ones we had seen earlier in the week. They were mostly Semi-palmated Plovers, Least and Semi-palmated Sandpipers, Dowagers, and Yellowlegs were all spotted. The Green Heron (or on of his cousins) was fishing from the same dead branch along the creek. But it was still fun to watch the birds feed.
But, the highlight of the night was another Peregrin Falcon. He flew in from the right and spooked all of the shorebirds up. They circled the marsh a couple of times but didn't leave. Then, when the falcon landed the other birds did as well and promptly began feeding again. Amazing.
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