Sawyer Road
“Continuing along I spotted a Tri-colored Heron along Sawyer Road in the Rachel Carson Wildlife Preserve.”
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Miscellaneous sightings include three Glossy Ibis, six Great egrets, and three Great Blue Herons along the stretch of Sawyer Road that runs through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Miscellaneous sightings include, eight Great Egrets along the stretch of Sawyer Road that runs through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge.
Additionally, four Greater Yellowlegs were spotted in the marsh off Sawyer Road in the Rachel Carson Preserve.
On April 19 the first Tree Swallows were spotted along with a Great Egret (Sawyer Road crossing the Rachel Carson Nature Preserve).
Continuing along I spotted a Tri-colored Heron along Sawyer Road in the Rachel Carson Wildlife Preserve.
On June 19 my wife, son and I spotted a Willet (stocky shorebird about the size of a crow) from Sawyer Road crossing through the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and heard two Black-throated Green Warblers along the road down to Crescent Beach.
On July 2 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed a territorial Willet driving a Kingbird from its metal pole perch.
On September 8 a Stilt Sandpiper accompanied a small flock of Lesser Yellowlegs foraging along the Rachael Carson Reserve on Sawyer Road.
Also worth mentioning, on March 27 I noticed an early Lesser Yellow Legs foraging alone along the Rachel Carson NWR stretch of Sawyer Road.
On April 1 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I noted my first Great Egret of the season.
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Over the last several weeks I also was able to view four different types of swallows along the portion of Sawyer Road that crosses through the Spurwink Marsh - Barn, Tree, Northern-rough Winged and Bank Swallows.
On July 27 along the salt pannes of Sawyer Road I almost overlooked a dark colored heron that appeared from a distance to be a Glossy Ibis.
Other mentionables from the field include on September 6 Spurwink Marsh along Sawyer Road - while watching a Northern Harrier weave back and forth across the salt marshes I heard the shrill scream of a Red-shouldered Hawk calling aways off in a stand off old pines beyond the Pannes.
Lastly, on the afternoon of 9/25 along Spurwink Marsh section of Sawyer Road, my son brought to my attention “two black birds” out on the salt pannes.
On November 8 I flushed a lingering American Woodcock in Gull Crest and on November 12 my son and I watched a Great Blue Heron along Sawyer Road hunting in the grass and later spotted sixteen American Coots and three wild Mute Swans on Grondin Pond in Scarborough.
On January 13 I observed two lingering male Belted Kingfishers, one at the Spurwink River Crossing perched on a high snag and a second one along the portion of Sawyer Road that traverses the Spurwink Marsh.
As the snow fell the following day along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I came across a lone Greater Scaup hunkered down in a shallow salt-water pond.
Additionally, on March 17 along the section of the Sawyer Road that crosses the Spurwink Marsh I spotted three Hooded Mergansers and a single Common Merganser feeding in a shallow salt-water pool.
On March 27 along the Sawyer Road stretch of the Rachel Carson Wildlife Preservation I caught sight of a flock of tiny ducks feeding in the tidal marsh.
On July 9 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed six Least Sandpipers, three Greater Yellowlegs and a Willet noisily driving an Eastern Kingbird from its perch atop a metal pole.
The following day, August 5 along Sawyer Road I spotted nine Least Sandpipers and a single Pectoral Sandpiper.
Lastly, on September 17 along the Sawyer Road section of the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge I spotted a single Stilt Sandpiper mixed in with four Lesser Yellowlegs.
Later on in the day along Sawyer Road and the Spurwink Marsh I spotted my first of the year Hooded Mergansers.
And on March 9 along the section of Sawyer Road that crosses the Spurwink River, I spotted one female Hooded Merganser and a pair of Common Mergansers feeding in a shallow salt-water pool as the rattling calling from a nearby Pileated Woodpecker carried across the marsh.
Additionally, on March 23 along the Sawyer Road stretch of the Rachel Carson Wildlife Preservation I caught sight of a flock of tiny ducks feeding in the tidal marsh.
Lastly on the overcast afternoon of April 28 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink River I noted twenty-one Glossy Ibis foraging, seven Greater Yellowlegs wading and two Pectoral Sandpipers probing.
And on July 2, my son and I came across an adult Willet with three fledglings crossing the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh as dozens of Barn Swallows darted and dove above us.
Additionally, on the morning of August 10 along the Sawyer Road stretch of the Spurwink River I noted five Great Egrets, seven Snowy Egrets and one Little Blue Heron.
And on September 8 along the Spurwink Marsh section of Sawyer Road I noted a single Belted Kingfisher, five Snowy Egrets, four Great Egrets and one Great Blue Heron.
On February 8, tipped off by an eBird report earlier that day I made my way to the Spurwink River Marsh section of Sawyer Road where, after some effort, I was able to locate six Horned Larks hunkered down along a section of the tidal dogleg where marsh grasses were still protruding above the snow.
On a particularly cold mid-February afternoon along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I was watching what was likely a family group of three Red-tailed Hawks chasing each other along the tree line when my eyes pivoted to two large objects out on the marsh.
Also, on March 29 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink River I noted a flock of twenty or more Green-winged Teals, two Greater Yellowlegs and a Northern Harrier.
Next stop was the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink River.
On May 23 along the Sawyer Road section of the Spurwink Marsh I found a single Little Blue Heron amidst Glossy Ibis, three Snowy Egrets and a Great Egret.
And on July 7 within the Rachael Carson National Wildlife Refuge along Sawyer Road I observed a territorial Willet driving a Kingbird from its metal pole perch.
On July 19, a large gathering of Short-billed Dowitchers caught my attention within the tidal wetlands section of Sawyer Road.
On August 9 along Sawyer Road, I spotted nine Least Sandpipers and a single Pectoral Sandpiper—a robust shorebird about robin-sized, with a thick bill and long wings.
Many of my most memorable bird sightings in Cape have taken place along the old stretch of Sawyer Road that crosses the Spurwink Marsh.
On July 7, a sizable gathering of Short-billed Dowitchers caught my attention within the tidal wetlands section of Sawyer Road.