[SEMCO] Cape Cod Bird Club Press Release - 1/9/12 Program

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The Cape Cod Bird Club presents 

Peter Trull 

“Symbiosis in Humpback Whales and Marine Birds” 




Monday, January 9, 2012, 7:30pm 

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Route 6A, Brewster, MA 







For Immediate Release (January 2, 2012) 




Contact: Diane Silverstein birder526 at comcast.net 508-364-7050 







The open sea is a wild place! Humpback whales feed voraciously on small fish, predominantly sand lance, as they compete with other predatory fish and other whales for food. Birds, such as shearwaters and gulls, benefit from the dynamic bubble and lunge feeding of the whales. In this program, Peter Trull will show us through vivid photographs and years of personal experience, the symbiotic relationship between whales and pelagic birds. 




Peter Trull, a past president of the Cape Cod Bird Club, has been involved in research and education for the past 30 years. From 1976 to 1986, he coordinated Mass Audubon's coastal seabird monitoring program and conducted research in Guyana and Surinam, studying the market trapping of Common Terns and Roseate Terns. As Education Director and Senior Field naturalist at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Peter developed programs and began studying Eastern Coyotes in 1989. Through the 90's, as a researcher and Education Director at the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown, he developed and taught classes related to whales and marine ecosystems and completed over 1,400 whale watching trips related to education and research. Peter presently teaches 7 th grade science at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School in Orleans. He is the author of several books about Cape Cod natural history and is currently conducting long term research on Eastern Coyotes. He also received a grant to study the Fisher on Cape Cod with his students. 




Peter will sign copies of his newest book, An Illustrated Guide to the Common Birds of Cape Cod, after his program. 


Diane Silverstein 
Cape Cod, MA 
birder526 at comcast.net 
508-364-7050 
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