The ferruginous hawk continued at Morris Island in Chatham, where other sightings included a semipalmated plover, 12 black-bellied plovers, 200 dunlin, and 8 Northern harriers.

I thought it might have been a female Ring-necked Duck, but a view through my spotting scope showed the characteristic ...

Beginning in 1969, she spent five months a year on Great Gull Island, leading teams of young volunteers devoted to preserving ...