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Nantucket: A Birder’sParadise

©Ken Blackshaw

By Ken Blackshaw, author of 8 books about island birds

Situated at the eastern edge of North
America and the western edge of the
Atlantic Ocean, Nantucket Island is often
the last land many stray birds from the west
encounter, or the first ray of hope for others
straying from Europe. Over 300 different
species have been recorded here, and – in
any given year – you can easily spot 200.
Many o