Wildlife: Birds return to Lincoln Oct 17, 2009
Other interesting birds seen in the past couple of weeks were a killdeer, a solitary sandpiper by a pond in Adams Woods, a green heron near Twin Ponds, and a common raven giving its deep croaking call as it flew over Brown s Woods. Although the long list of species mentioned above is impressive, there has actually been a worrisome decline over the past 40 years in many U.S. bird populations, as reported last March in The State of the Birds, published by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service in... (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Sandpiper Gallery auction benefits Alzheimers Services Aug 7, 2009
Sandpiper Gallery auction benefits Alzheimers Services - Harwich, MA - Harwich Oracle ... Mary Houk displays some of the auction items at her Sandpiper Gallery in Wellfleet ... Sandpiper Gallery auction benefits Alzheimers Services. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Miami man arrested in Cape vacation rental scam case Aug 6, 2009
The addresses of the vacation homes offered by a Michael Reese were 32 Sandpiper Road and 32 Cooper Lane, both in Truro ... When contacted, the true owners of 32 Sandpiper Road were unaware their house was being offered for rent on Craig s List. (Cape Codder, MA)
Bird sightings Jul 8, 2009
A white-rumped sandpiper and a short-billed dowitcher were also noted this week at nearby Indian Neck in Wellfleet ... A few hours birding on South Beach in Chatham on June 27 had the following highlights: eight white-winged scoters, one red-necked grebe, four snowy egrets, one Northern harrier, 380 black-bellied plovers, six semipalmated plovers, 12 piping plovers, eight American oystercatchers, one greater yellowlegs, 70 willets, 14 ruddy turnstones, 40 red knots, 25 sanderlings, 80... (Boston Globe)
State list of birds becoming more, less common Feb 10, 2009
By The Associated Press. A state-by-state list of birds that are becoming more common and less common, perhaps because of shifts related to climate change, and the estimated miles the birds have moved north over the last 40 years, according to the Audubon Society. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
