[SEMCO] [Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay] Sat., April 27 - Birds, Seals, Song, and Horseshoe Crabs!

[Amy Fleischer]

Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Unless otherwise noted, programs are held at the sanctuary. Register online at www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay<http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay> or by phone at 508.349.2615.

Seal & Seabird Cruise in Cape Cod Bay
10 a.m. - Noon
$30 Members/ $35 Non-members, $5 less for children 4 and older
Watch harbor and gray seals rest on the beach or frolic on the shoals in Cape Cod Bay as you cruise with a naturalist out of Wellfleet Harbor. Migrating kittiwakes, loons, gannets,and sea ducks may also be seen floating on the waves.

Field Recording Birdsong Workshop
Noon - 2 p.m.
$20 M/ $25 NM
Steve Wilkes, a professor at the Berklee College of Music, is the founder of the Hear Cape Cod project, the sonic landscape of the Cape and Islands. This hands-on workshop will focus on the tools and techniques needed to create hi-fidelity field recordings of everything, from Great Horned Owls to ocean surf to crickets! Bring your iPhones, tape recorders, or digital recorders for this workshop, which features an indoor and outdoor component. Check out his work at www.hearingcapecod.org<http://www.hearingcapecod.org>.

Tagging Horseshoe Crabs
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
$7 M/$ 9 NM
Join our efforts to learn more about horseshoe crabs on Cape Cod by tagging crabs with us at Priscilla Landing in Orleans. We'll observe horseshoe crabs coming up on the beach to spawn at high tide, and talk about their behavior, biology, conservation, and management while we tag and count them. You'll learn how to use the drill, tags, and calipers, plus get an up-close look at these amazing creatures! This program is great for all ages!

Sharing our Shores: The Return of Gray Seals to Cape Cod
7 - 8 p.m.
$7 M/$ 9 NM
It seems like there are more seals on Cape Cod than ever before. Lisa Sette, a researcher and member of the Marine Animal Entanglement Response Team at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, is investigating the movements, site fidelity, and entanglement rates of gray seals using photo-identification. In this presentation, you will learn about her current research on gray seals, their fascinating life history, and their return to the shores of Cape Cod.

You may reserve your space by calling us at 508.349.2615, or by signing up online at www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay<http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay>.
Our March/ April program brochure can be viewed here: http://www.massaudubon.org/PDF/newsletters/Wellfleet_Bay_247.pdf

Please let me know if you have any questions, or suggestions about future programs. I hope to see you at the sanctuary soon!

Best wishes,
Amy

Amy Fleischer, Education Director/ Public Programs Coordinator
Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663
afleischer at massaudubon.org<mailto:afleischer at massaudubon.org>
508-349-2615, ext 114
Office Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts
www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay<http://www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay>

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