Date: 10/7/26 5:36 am From: Fausto Sterling, Anne <anne_fausto-sterling...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today
I wonder if this is “our” Wellfleet crested Caracara that has been here at
Duck Harbor for over a month? Finally on the move to a less wintry spot?
Anne Fausto-Sterling
Nancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology and Gender Studies
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Biochemistry
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM Barbara Volkle <barb620...> wrote:
> thanks to Allen Mireles for this report.
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> Barbara Volkle
> Northborough,MA
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> Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today
> Tue, 6 Oct 2026 22:16:30 -0400
> Allen Mireles <allen...>
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> ... I thought you might be interested in our sighting. I have reported
> this to eBird.
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> Today at 10:26 AM, we saw a Crested Caracara in the Salisbury Beach
> Reservation. We watched it hunt, then swoop down into the salt marsh and
> return with something in its beak. It flew into a tree nearby, and I got
> a photograph, which I have attached to this email. (massird doesn't
> allow images)
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> I wasn't able to get the white markings on the wings and tail, but we
> saw them when it was flying around us. looks like it caught a mouse or rat.
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> Thought you would appreciate knowing.
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> Allen
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> Allen Mireles (she/her)
> Consultant/Writer
> Allen Mireles Consulting, LLC
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> 167 Elm Street, Unit C, Salisbury, MA 01952
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