Description
Duxbury Beach sits within the Plymouth-Duxbury Bays Important Bird Area, a stretch of coast that regularly supports more than 1,000 shorebirds at a time and hosts nesting Piping Plovers alongside multiple tern species.
On this adult-focused program, explore the shoreline, dunes, and tidal zones in search of migrating plovers, sandpipers, and terns, while a naturalist explains the science of migration, feeding ecology, breeding behavior, and the conservation pressures that make these populations so vulnerable.
It's an opportunity to experience world-class shore birding—and to understand exactly what's at stake for these birds.
Mass Audubon is grateful for the generosity of the Duxbury Beach Reservation Inc. for funding this program and for their service and dedication to protecting the critical resource we know as Duxbury Beach.
When
- Sat, Aug 22, 2026 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Who
Adults
Cost
- Adult Members Free
- Adult Nonmembers Free
Where
Location: Duxbury Beach, Duxbury
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Questions? Contact us:
- 781-837-9400 [email protected]
Instructors
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Mass Audubon Staff
Instructions
Meet on the ocean side of the Powder Point Bridge at the intersection with Gurnet Rd on Duxbury Beach. After crossing the bridge, there is a small building on the right—let them know you are there for the Mass Audubon program, and they will direct you to park in the small parking lot behind the building. Parking is free for the duration of the program.
Wear foot protection that can get wet. Check in with the instructor upon arrival.