[SEMCO] Butterfly Counts in July

[Alison Robb]

Calling    All    Butterfliers  !!

and would-be butterfliers

The July butterfly counts are coming up soon, and we need volunteers  
to join us in this important event.   The first date is Saturday,  
July 7 in Truro.  Then every Saturday in July after that.  Here's the  
scoop:

July Butterfly Count, 4  Towns on 4 Dates

             The North American Butterfly Association "Fourth of July  
Butterfly Count" will be held on four weekends 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.  There are four separate counts on four  
different dates on the Cape:   In Truro July 7, Falmouth July 14,  
Brewster July 21 and Barnstable July 28.

             Knowledgeable butterfliers are needed on the count, and  
others who have little experience identifying species and want to  
have the experience to get started are also welcome.   We do  
important work, and we also have a very 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.

             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.

              Do join us.   Together we shall carpool to several  
sites – there is some walking at each site.  Please bring a lunch and  
binoculars, if you have them. We identify each butterfly, we do not  
catch them.  You can come for only the morning if you wish

  Alison Robb, 508-564-4331,  nature at cape.com for details and  
directions or  http://nature.my.cape.com   click on Calendar, scroll  
down to 4th July schedule.



4TH OF JULY COUNTS ON CAPE COD    2012



TRURO. July 7, 2012, Saturday, (July 9, Monday, rain date) . 9:00 am.  
Truro.
Tor Hansen, leader, 508-648-1515, Alison Robb, co-leader,  
508-564-4331, nature at cape.com
Please register ahead of time if possible.  But come if you can anyway.
Directions: North Truro. Rte 6, Highland Light exit. Go east on  
Highland Rd. Meet at the first parking lot for Highland Light.


FALMOUTH. July 14, Saturday, 2012, (Monday July 16, rain date.) 10:00  
am. Falmouth. Alison Robb, leader. 508-564-4331. nature at cape.com. Tor  
Hansen, co-leader. 508-648-1515.  Please register ahead of time if  
possible.
Directions Crane WMA, Rte. 151, Falmouth. Turn north between the  
baseball field and the Nickelodeon theater. Go to the farthest  
parking area.


BREWSTER. July 21, 2012, Saturday, (July 22, Sunday, rain date). 9:00  
am. Brewster for the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History.
Joe Dwelly, leader; Alison Robb, co-leader; Please register with  
Alison Robb, 508-564-4331 or nature at cape.com.  Joe Dwelly:  
508-398-5967;  jdwelly at gis.net
Directions: Take Exit 9B off Rte 6 and follow Rte 134 North to Rte  
6A, then turn east and follow 6A to The Museum, on the left at # 869  
Rte. 6A, Brewster.


BARNSTABLE. July 28, Saturday, 2012, (July 29, Sunday,rain date),  
9:00 am. Barnstable, for the MassAudubon Long Pasture Wildlife  
Sanctuary.
Ian Ives, leader; Alison Robb, co-leader. Please register if  
possible. 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.


All information at www.nature.my.cape.com    click on Calendar of Events
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