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One of the best shorebird and tern areas in Massachusetts. South Beach is a long beach projecting from the bottom of Cape Cod and nearly reaching north and south Monomoy Islands, which at one time were one.

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Nearly all of the regularly occurring shorebirds are found here in the summer and fall. A staging area for Roseate Tern, Common Tern, Black Tern, and Forster's Tern as well as many species of shorebirds.

Horned Lark and Piping Plover breed here.

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Rarities include Magnificent Frigatebird, Little Egret, Eurasian Kestrel, Eurasian Hobby, Gyrfalcon, European Golden-Plover, Wilson's Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Curlew Sandpiper, Eurasian Curlew, Long-billed Curlew, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Little Stint, Red-necked Stint, Franklin's Gull, Black-tailed Gull, Arctic Tern, Elegant Tern, Sandwich Tern, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cave Swallow, and Brown-chested Martin (specimen).

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Birds you can see here include:

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[edit] Other Wildlife

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[edit] History and Use

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[edit] External Links

• South Beach Information

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