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Lecture by Sanctuary Director Bob Prescott to launch celebration of Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary's 50th anniversary.
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Birding with Henry
“The peninsula, from an ornithologist’s
point of view, is one of the most interesting
in the world.”
Henry Beston’s Outer Most Haunts
Photo Circa 1960
Where
Would It Be
Today?
Today’s Outermost House Beach
“Enormous population of migrants”
Swallows
Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Autumn
Bald Eagle
Winter
Minister
Gull
Black Duck
“Dipper Duck”
Common Eiders
ScotersSkunk Coot
Murres
Dovekie
Spring
“Beloved birds of the Great Beach, their hearty zest for living”
“..terns dominate the
beaches”
“…perhaps the
prettiest and
most graceful of
the summer’s
ocean birds.”
Least Terns
Piping Plovers“..loveliest musical note”
Not Mentioned by Henry?
Willet
Oystercatchers
The Ever Changing Outer Beach
Thank You Questions?
