Date: 10/7/26 8:23 am From: Fausto Sterling, Anne <anne_fausto-sterling...> Subject: Re: [MASSBIRD] Crested Caracara sighting at Salisbury Beach Reservation Today
Birders more expert than I thought the one in Wellfleet is a juvenile. It
was a first time sighting for me, so I am just getting to know them in
person.
On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 11:11 AM Spector, David (Emeritus) <spectord...>
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> Adult (past 3 years old) year-to-year survival is about 90%. The record
> age for a wild individual is 22 years.
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> David Spector
> Belchertown, Massachusetts
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> Also had the one at Woodsom Farm in Amesbury, MA in 2020!
> How long do they live??
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> Kirk S Elwell
> East Kingston, NH.
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> 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?
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> On Tue, Oct 6, 2026 at 11:04 PM Barbara Volkle <barb620...>
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> 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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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
