South Beach, Chatham ..Birding

Howdee all,

When in Chatham we took a boat shuttle from Stage Harbor to South beach.

The shuttle cost is 15 dollars round trip per person.

We left at 8am

Our main goal was to see the Red-necked Stint…

a rare bird that was seen a few days ago …A foggy morning

The larger boat is the shuttle that took us to South beach.  South Beach..

We have walked to this area in the past via Lighthouse beach.

12 mile RT

   Willet walking the shallows Looking north…. 

Does this lobster claw look big or small? HUge! i think he is clamming….. This Black-backed gull is munching on a large Horseshoe crab.  Looking for the StintIs it here amongst the Dowitchers?Not here not here….Nope….not here Two men clamming.. Piping Plover..we saw many plover families…

they nest in this area… Fog burning off over this shallow pond.Bright Green algae…    We walked the long shallow inlet..mucky and smelly…  A few Oyster catchers and families… Dunes   thousands of horseshoe crab shells…    Its low tide…still no sign of the stint…. We head back to catch the 2pm shuttle..It has been a beautiful calm,cool morning on South beach… 

We never did see the Stint..

But we enjoyed the peaceful walk….  That evening at the families home we saw a lovely sunset while sitting out on the deck.

Some of the birds seen that morning

Willet
Piping plover
Barn swallow
Song sparrow
Cormorant
Black backed gull
American pipit
Least sandpiper
Horned lark
Oystercatcher
Least tern
Herring gull
Short billed dowitcher
Semi-palmated sandpiper
Laughing gull
Hudsonian godwit
Dunlin
Snowy egret
Common tern
Savannah sparrow