Where to See Sanderling in Cape Cod National Seashore

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Sanderling sightings in Cape Cod

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Where Sanderling has been reported, from 260 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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Timing

When to look

12 AM6% of the busiest hour1 AM4% of the busiest hour2 AM4% of the busiest hour3 AM6% of the busiest hour4 AM11% of the busiest hour5 AM33% of the busiest hour6 AM67% of the busiest hour7 AM83% of the busiest hour8 AM94% of the busiest hour9 AMBusiest hour10 AMBusiest hour11 AM94% of the busiest hourNoon89% of the busiest hour1 PM83% of the busiest hour2 PM83% of the busiest hour3 PM94% of the busiest hour4 PMBusiest hour5 PMBusiest hour6 PM89% of the busiest hour7 PM67% of the busiest hour8 PM39% of the busiest hour9 PM17% of the busiest hour10 PM9% of the busiest hour11 PM7% of the busiest hour

Sanderling is most seen 8 AM–1 PM and 3–7 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Sanderling sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	6%
1 AM	4%
2 AM	4%
3 AM	6%
4 AM	11%
5 AM	33%
6 AM	67%
7 AM	83%
8 AM	94%
9 AM	100%
10 AM	100%
11 AM	94%
Noon	89%
1 PM	83%
2 PM	83%
3 PM	94%
4 PM	100%
5 PM	100%
6 PM	89%
7 PM	67%
8 PM	39%
9 PM	17%
10 PM	9%
11 PM	7%

Audio tour

Hear about Sanderling on the drive.

Parkwolf’s Tour Guide plays stories like this one as you drive Cape Cod, triggered by GPS and read through your car’s speakers.

Cape Cod Tour Guide

Keeping Pace with the Waves

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“If little pale birds are racing the surf on your beach walk, they may be sanderlings. These small sandpipers follow a retreating wave, probe the wet sand for food, then hurry away from the next one.”

Plays as you drive near Three Sisters Lighthouses in Parkwolf’s Cape Cod Tour Guide.

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Wolf sightings in Yellowstone on Parkwolf’s Find Wildlife map, brightest around Lamar Valley — Wolf sightings in Yellowstone, in the app

Find Wildlife in Parkwolf

Every sighting map, in your pocket.

16 sighting mapsfor Cape Cod, on the same park map as your route
Works offlineout where the animals are and the signal isn’t
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Wildlife

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Where to see Sanderling in Cape Cod