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Ocean Tidal Flats Sandy Beach Dunes Salt Marsh
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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Song Sparrow PHOTO: 1
song sparrow
Attentive beach goers and morning walkers will know the song of this sparrow, which is common year-round throughout the dunes and beach scrub. Some begin singing in late February, and continue through late July. Song Sparrows raise as many as four broods in a single breeding season. In winter, local residents are joined by migrants from further north and inland, competing with other sparrows and finches for the beach's seed and berry crop.
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