The Willets of Wellfleet

Willet, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellfleet, MA

Mid-June isn't the best time to see birds in Wellfleet, I was told.

Willet, Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, Wellfleet, MA

By mid-June spring migration is over.

Willet, Coast Guard Beach, Eastham, Ma

And the mid-summer southern migration of shorebirds hasn't yet begun.

Willets, Provincetown breakwater, Provincetown, MA

So you are left with the local breeders.

Willet, Provincetown breakwater, Provincetown, MA

Such as towhees, field sparrows, and prairie warblers (!)

Willet, Provincetown breakwater, Provincetown, MA

And willets. They may not be beautiful or musical but they certainly liven up a place.

Yellowlegs. Greater? Provincetown breakwater, Provincetown, MA

And what you see (and hear) is what you get.