Cape Cod Bird Nerd

9.26.17 Tuesday Tweets - John Wing Trail - Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Brewster, MA

We have been VERY fortunate on Cape Cod to have faired the hurricane season well...thus far. What's been interesting, certainly in my yard, has been the quiet due to lack of birds last week while we were dealing with winds. Sunday was one of those incredible & hard-to-believe-so-gorgeous-outside type of days! There were birds all over our yard, grazing, feasting, bathing... They knew that particular storm had passed after five days of rain, mist & gusts.

We were certainly treated to several species on this Tuesday Tweets as well, and talk about a gift...we bumped into Sue Finnegan a Master Bird Bander!!! I explained that the pouches around her neck each contained a different bird! I felt like I could hear jaws dropping. Sue generously shared an Alder Flycatcher with us on hand, IN HAND!!! (see photo below) She does amazing work and I always get excited when we sneak in a quick visit with her in the field.

Cape Cod Bay was showing of her shades again this morning and we decided to take a peek towards Quivett Creek as an alternative to looping around through the woods. The mosquitoes have been numerous wherever I seem to go lately, so I didn't feel like swatting them away. There was not much beach shore activity today when we reached the sands, but the sun came out and suddenly we had a summer bird walk in autumn...perfect. (double click photos to enlarge)

Our List:

House Sparrow

American Crow

Northern Cardinal

Carolina Wrens
Black-capped Chickadee

Gray Catbird

Blue Jay

American Robin

American Goldfinch

Alder Flycatcher (!!!)

Northern Mockingbird

Cedat Waxwing