[SEMCO] Butterfly counts on the Cape

[Alison Robb]

Nature's Circle
(Box 186, Woods Hole, MA 02543

http://vsb.cape.com/~nature

nature at cape.com

Alison Robb  508-564-4331)

  July, 2011

Press  Release



“4TH JULY” BUTTERFLY COUNTS ON THE CAPE, 2011

TRURO. July 9, 2011, Saturday, (July 10, rain date) .
9:00 am. Truro.
Tor Hansen, leader, 508-648-1515, torhansen at comcast.net, Alison Robb,  
co-leader, 508-564-4331, nature at cape.com
Please register ahead of time, if possible.
Directions: North Truro. Rte 6, Highland Light exit. Go east on  
Highland Rd. Meet at the first parking lot for Highland Light.


FALMOUTH. July 17, 2011, Sunday, 10:00 am. Falmouth.
Alison Robb, leader. 508-564-4331. nature at cape.com.
Tor Hansen, co-leader.
Please register ahead of time, if possible.
Directions: Crane WMA, Rte. 151, Hatchville, Falmouth. Turn north  
between the baseball field and the Nickelodeon theater. Go to the  
farthest parking area.

BREWSTER. July 23, 2011, Saturday, (July 24, rain date). 9:00 am.  
Brewster for the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
Alison Robb, leader; Please register with Alison Robb, 508-564-4331  
or nature at cape.com.
Directions: Take Exit 9B off Rte 6 and follow Rte 134 North to Rte  
6A, then turn right and follow 6A to The Museum, on the left at # 869  
Rte. 6A, Brewster.


BARNSTABLE.  July 30, 2010, Saturday, (July 31, rain date), 9:00 am.   
Barnstable, for the Audubon Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary.
Ian Ives, leader, Tor Hansen, co-leader. Please register, if  
possible.  Ian Ives  508-362-7475 or  iives at audubon.org
Directions: From Rte. 6, Cape Cod, take exit 7 north toward Yarmouth  
Port, going one mile north on Willow Street, Go left 1 mile west on  
6A, and right on Bone Hill Rd. Go 1/3 mile north on Bone Hill Rd  
(until you can see the ocean) then take your next left to the Audubon  
Long Pasture headquarters.


Alison Robb, Nature’s Circle
nature at cape.com,  508-564-4331


July Butterfly Count

             The North American Butterfly Association "Fourth of July  
Butterfly Counts" will be held on four weekends in July on the  
Cape.           Since 1975 the annual butterfly count has been held  
in the U.S., and now in Canada and Mexico as well.  Each count area  
is a circle 15 miles in diameter and the count is a one-day census of  
all butterflies observed within that circle.

             The count promotes interest in butterflies, and provides  
results useful to scientists who are monitoring butterfly populations  
and habitats.  An official report is available in the Spring of the  
following year.  Everyone is encouraged to participate either as a  
member of the group that visits sites selected by the count leader or  
as an observer in their own garden.

             This year we hope more volunteers will join us.  The  
sites we will visit are the same sites we visited in past years, so  
that a comparison can be made.   There are many reasons for  
population changes; weather, insecticide use, and habitat decrease or  
increase.   Butterflies are not only pretty to observe but also are  
important pollinators.

             Knowledgeable butterfliers are needed on the count, and  
others who want to have the experience to get started are also  
welcome.   We do important work, and we also have a good time out  
among the wildflowers.  Anyone who would like to join us by treking  
with the group or by counting in their own garden should call to sign  
up.   It will run from 9 or 10 am to about 3 pm.  Do join us.    
Please bring a lunch and binoculars, if you have them.  You can come  
for only part of the time if you wish.  Alison Robb, 508-564-4331,   
nature at cape.com. For details and directions.



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