Snowy Plover

1 records

MARC numberDecisionCountLocationCountyArrivalDepartureObserversNotesReport
1994-023A1Chatham (6/11), Mashpee (6/21), Seagull Beach, West Yarmouth (6/23-7/10)Barnstable6/11/19947/10/1994Scott Hecker, m. ob. (ph)SAME BIRD ISSUES: records combined from sightings at Chatham (6/11), Mashpee (6/21), Seagull Beach, West Yarmouth (6/23-7/10)2

 

The state’s only record is of  a male in badly worn plumage that variously appeared at several Cape Cod locations. Careful examination of the plumage and coloration of the plover strongly suggested that it was of the nivosus race from the United States Gulf Coast population.