Flight & Pursuit: Autumn Migrations
- John J King II
- Oct 29, 2013
- 1 min read
Beautiful fall weather continues here on the outer edge of Cape Cod and a continuing flow of returning raptors are visible in our open spaces and barrier beaches....but you have to look for them. Had a brilliant encounter with a pair of red tailed hawks in Chatham today. See below. Also as previously reported - sightings of Marbled Godwits are rare - anywhere.
This fall we were blessed with sightings and images in three different areas. Mount Desert Island, ME, Tern Island, Chatham, MA and Del Mar, CA. shown in our previous post on our visit to Maine in late September. In addition we decided to include some similar images of raptors and shorebirds we recorded while we were in California observing the west coast migration a month ago. So much is similar as many bird species pass from the Arctic nesting areas south using the Pacific flyway on their annual migrations to warmer climates for the north American winter just as we see in the Atlantic corridor here on Cape Cod. Do not miss our first ever sighting of a Long billed curlew - found in an estuary near Del Mar, CA.
Autumn Sky - South Beach, Chatham
Turkey Vulture heading south, Mt Desert Island, Maine Marbled Godwits - Mt. Desert Island, Maine Pair of Red Tailed Hawks, Chatham Long billed Curlew lands near Del Mar, CA Marbled Godwits near Del Mar, CA Snake River, Chatham Marbled Godwit in Chatham Marbled Godwits in Chatham Red shouldered hawk, near San Diego Hunter Moonrise - Chatham, MA Marbled Godwits on Tern Island - Chatham, MA Black bellied plover and a short-billed dowitcher, Tern Island Yellow rumped warbler, MNWR Beautiful Point Loma, CA Shooting shorebirds near Del Mar, CA Set up for watching waterfowl at the Powderhole, MNWR Northern Harrier - Stage Harbor, Chatham Osprey hunts near Del Mar, CA
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