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Coastal dunes form as dry beach sand blows inland. Plants act as a windbreak, trapping sand particles. The dunes become higher and wider as sand accumulates, protecting the coastline during storms. Colonies of common terns and other seabirds make their nests in the shelter of sand dunes.


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	Arctic Tern

	Common Tern

	Laughing Gull

	Northern Harrier

	Northern Mockingbird

	Peregrine Falcon

	Roseate Tern

	Savannah Sprarrow

	Short-eared Owl

	Snowy Owl

	Song Sparrow

	Tree Swallow

	Yellow-rumped Warbler

Laughing Gull	PHOTO: 1 2 3

Laughing Gulls recently returned to nest in the dunes, making Plymouth Beach one of only two places in Massachusetts with breeding Laughing Gulls. Unlike our other common gulls, Laughing Gulls sport black hoods and are characterized by a jeering, laugh-like "song". They can be seen from April to October on the beach's sand flats. You may also see Laughing Gulls in the dunes where they nest from May to August.