[SEMCO] CCMNH Butterfly Count

[The Gilligans]

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster

 

July Brewster Butterfly Count

Saturday July 21, 2012

(Rain Date: Sunday, July 22)

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  June 20, 2012

 

 

The 2012 July Brewster Butterfly Count will take place on Saturday, July 21,
leaving the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History at 9 am.  The rain date is
Sunday, July 22.

 

Joe Dwelly, leader; Alison Robb, co-leader; Please register with Alison
Robb, 508-564-4331,  nature at cape.com or 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.

 

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 United States 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.  (Alison Robb
has established the four counts since 2000.

 

            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 trekking with the group or by counting
in their own garden should call to sign up.  Do join us.   Please bring a
lunch and binoculars, if you have them.  You can come for only the morning
if you wish.  Contact Alison Robb, 508-564-4331, nature at cape.com for details
and directions.  

 

 

 

 

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