Date: 10/7/26 7:45 am From: Spector, David (Emeritus) <spectord...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today
Adult (past 3 years old) year-to-year survival is about 90%. The record age for a wild individual is 22 years.
David Spector Belchertown, Massachusetts
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________________________________________ From: <massbird-approval...> <massbird-approval...> on behalf of Kirk Elwell <gentilisfinder...> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2026 9:09 AM To: Fausto Sterling, Anne <anne_fausto-sterling...> Cc: Barbara Volkle <barb620...>; <Massbird...> <massbird...> Subject: GMAIL.COM:Re: [MASSBIRD] Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today
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Kirk S Elwell East Kingston, NH.
On Wed, Oct 7, 2026, 8:48 AM Fausto Sterling, Anne <anne_fausto-sterling...> wrote: 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
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On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM Barbara Volkle <barb620...> wrote: thanks to Allen Mireles for this report.
Barbara Volkle Northborough,MA <barb620...>
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Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today Tue, 6 Oct 2026 22:16:30 -0400 Allen Mireles <allen...>
... I thought you might be interested in our sighting. I have reported this to eBird.
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)
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.
Thought you would appreciate knowing.
Allen
Allen Mireles (she/her) Consultant/Writer Allen Mireles Consulting, LLC
