Mass Audubon Statement on National Park Service Crow Removal Pilot Project
This summer, the National Park Service will be undertaking a pilot project to remove individual American crows that are feeding on the eggs of piping plovers—a threatened species—on Duck Harbor Beach in Wellfleet.    

Coastal Waterbird Program - 2009 Field Season Highlights
Catch up on the happenings in the beach nesting bird world this year.   

Common and Roseate Terns Begin Pre-Migration Staging on Cape Cod National Seashore Beaches
The importance of Cape Cod National Seashore's beaches to nesting piping plovers and terns is well known to most Cape residents and visitors. However, outside of biologists and birdwatchers, the important role outer-Cape beaches play in supporting terns and shorebirds before and during migration is less widely appreciated.   

Coastal Waterbird Program: 2009 Mid-Season Update
A wet beginning for piping plovers and least terns on Massachusetts beaches.