BREWSTER – The next Cape Cod Bird Club Meeting will be held next month at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster.
The event is September 9 at 7 p.m. and will feature guest speaker David Larson from Mass Audubon.
Larson will present “Mongolia – Wildlife and Wild Species.”
Mongolia contains limitless vistas of mountains, steppes, and deserts, all of which provide habitat for countless animals and plants.
The club will also feature several bird walks in August.
West Dennis Beach
Saturday, August 3, 5:30PM
Peter Bono ([email protected]; 774-487-2848)
Meet at the West Dennis Beach parking lot as far along towards the breakwater and Bass River as you are permitted to drive. We will look for lingering summer-breeding endangered Piping Plovers and Least Terns as well as resident and migrating shorebirds.
Sandpipers and Suds – Ellisville State Park, Plymouth
Monday, August 5, 5 PM
Brian Harrington ([email protected]; 774-487-2683)
Cross the Sagamore Bridge, drive north on Route 3A for 5.3 miles, and join us for late afternoon shorebirding at Ellisville Marsh, where the migration show has been getting better every year. Meet at Ellisville State Park. After shorebirding, feel free to join your leader for dinner and friendship at the British Beer Company nearby in Ellisville.
Frances Crane Wildlife Management Area—N. Falmouth
Sunday August 18 6:30 Am
Ron Cadillac ([email protected]) 508-775-9700
This is for beginning and intermediate bird photographers. Bring your Camera and join Ron during the golden hour in search of meadowlarks, sparrows, thrushes, buntings, etc. (Sunrise is at 5:55.)
Meet in the main parking area on the north side of Rt 151. You will pass a ball field on your right. If you contact Ron by email , he will send you guidance on the camera settings he uses (by Prathap DK). At 8 am we will join Keelin Miller and Peter Fang on their walk at the parking area.
Crane Wildlife Management Area – Falmouth
Sunday, August 18, 8 AM
Keelin Miller ([email protected]; 646-334-5575) & Peter Fang ([email protected] ; 774-763-6752) –
Avoid the crowds down in Woods Hole and Falmouth Heights for the Falmouth Road Race by joining our bird walk on the north side of Falmouth at Crane WMA. Meet in the main parking lot on Route 151 in Falmouth (near the model airplane field). We will walk around the newly restored grasslands in search of sparrows, thrushes, buntings, and raptors. We might even be lucky enough to glimpse a bobwhite, bobolink, or a blue grosbeak!
Fall migration at Sandy Neck
Thursday, August 22, 7 AM
Peter Crosson ([email protected]; 508-280-1678)
Meet at the hikers’ parking lot near the gatehouse at Sandy Neck Beach Park. We will walk a loop along the Marsh Trail, through the dunes, and back along the beach, looking for migrating shorebirds, songbirds, and terns. Depending on the weather, we might get treated to some pelagic species! Expect about 1.5 miles of walking in soft sand.
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