US-MA-Chappaquiddick+Island--IBA


 * =Birding in Massachusetts=

Dukes County
=Chappaquiddick Island= =Important Bird Area= Edgartown, Massachusetts 02539 Chappaquiddick Island--IBA webpage

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Chappaquiddick Island--IBA
Coordinates: 41.374583, -70.4717451 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Chappaquiddick Island--IBA
This IBA includes Cape Poge, Wasque, Norton Point Beach, and Katama.

Located on Chappaquiddick Island and habitat to the east, the site is dominated by sandplain grassland, maritime heathland, maritime shrubland, and a variety of coastal beaches, salt marsh, and tidelands. It is bordered to the east and south by approximately 12 miles of barrier beach and dunes, along with associated salt marsh, salt and freshwater ponds and bay, and 150 acres of farmland.

State and federally listed species: Piping Plovers - at least 12 pairs regularly breeding; Least Terns - up to 500 breeding pairs; Northern Harriers - at least 3 breeding pairs/nests.

American Oystercatchers - 12-15 breeding pairs; Willets - a few breeding pairs, but not confirmed.

Least, Common, and Roseate terns - over 300 present during migration seasons.

Black-crowned Night-Heron heronry, formerly large and included Snowy Egrets.

More than 500 marsh and sea ducks; Canada geese in bays during the nonbreeding season.

At least 1,000 shorebirds during migration (including Sanderlings, Semipalmated Plovers, Black-bellied Plovers, Short-billed Dowitchers, Least Sandpipers, Semipalmated Sandpipers, Dunlins, Ruddy Turnstones, Piping Plovers, Willets, etc.)

Unique and rare habitats: coastal beach/dune; maritime heathland/sandplain grassland, maritime Red Cedar forest. From Chappaquiddick Island--IBA webpage

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