[SEMCO] Cape Cod Bird Club Publicity for May

Wed Apr 22 09:56:23 EDT 2015

Press Release
Paul Schlansky
774-237-0698
schlansky2 at gmail.com

*The Cape Cod Bird Club will meet on Monday, May 11th, at 7:30 PM at the
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Rte 6 A in Brewster.  Meetings are free
and open to all.*

This month's featured speaker is Blair Nikula, who will talk about The Cape
Cod Lake and Pond Waterfowl Survey.   Since 1984, during the first weekend
of December, the Cape Cod Bird Club has conducted a survey of waterfowl on
Cape Cod ponds and lakes. I’ll present a brief overview of the project and
discuss potential uses of the data. Typically, each year 30-40 volunteers
census 300+ ponds and count 10,000+ birds. Over the 31-year history of the
survey, close to 10,000 pond surveys have been conducted with over 324,000
birds counted.  He'll compare the results to the local Christmas Bird
Counts conducted during the same time frame, and present examples of ways
in which the survey’s sizable database can be put to use examining issues
such as local population trends and distribution patterns, species
associations, fluctuations in individual pond usage, and flocking
tendencies. This survey is an excellent example of “citizen science” –
amateurs gathering useful data and making meaningful contributions to our
knowledge of the local environment.

Blair Nikula, a native Cape Codder and life-long birder, is a former
regional editor for American Birds (now North American Birds), a
past-president of the Cape Cod Bird Club, a former associate member of the
Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program Advisory
Committee, and currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Avian
Records Committee. Blair also has been studying and photographing
dragonflies and damselflies for over two decades. He co-authored the
Stokes’ Beginner’s Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies as well as A Field
Guide to the Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts, and formerly
co-edited Ode News, a newsletter about the odonates of southern New
England. He maintains two websites: “capecodbirds.org” and “odenews.org”.

*The Cape Cod Bird Club will offer the following free walks in May.  Please
check the website, www.capecodbirdclub.org
<http://www.capecodbirdclub.org>, or our Facebook Page for a full schedule
and registration information. *

*WARBLERS ARE COMING!!!!*

*MAY*

*Beech Forest Walks for May 2015 – Provincetown*

It’s time for spring migration!  CCBC is offering bird walks every weekend
of May!  Meet at the Beech Forest parking lot for 8AM.  From Route 6, turn
left onto Race Point Road.  The parking lot is about 0.5 mile down the road
on the left.  We will bird the parking lot, then stroll along the sandy
loop trail around Blackwater Pond for migrating warblers and other
passerines.

Dates and Leader info is listed below:

*Saturday – May 2* – Peter Crosson, pcrosson at emeraldphysicians.com
*Sunday – May 3* – Blair Nikula, odenews at odenews.org

*Saturday – May 9* – Ed Banks, edbanks at verizon.net
*Sunday – May 10* – Stefanie Paventy, stefpav09 at gmail.com

*Saturday – May 16 –* Stefanie Paventy, stefpav09 at gmail.com
*Sunday – May 17* – Peter Flood, pomarine at comcast.net

*Saturday – May 23 *– Charlie Martin, cemartinjr at comcast.net
*Sunday – May 24 *– Judith Davis, motherjude3 at aol.com

*Saturday – May 30 *– Charlie Martin, cemartinjr at comcast.net
*Sunday – May 31 *– Stefanie Paventy, stefpav09 at gmail.com

*High Head – Truro*
Ed Hoopes, ehoopes63 at comcast.net or 508-737-7479
Friday, May 1, 8:30AM – 10:30AM

Meet at the High Head parking lot off of Route 6 in Truro.  We will walk
the bike trail to Pilgrim Heights and through the small swamp up to the
High Head bluff.  Then we will continue to Pilgrim Lake and make our way
back to the parking lot along High Head Road.  We should see early
migrating passerines and perhaps raptors over the bluff.

*Crane Wildlife Management Area – Falmouth*
Karen Fiske, mberoz at gmail.com
Wednesday, May 6, 5:30PM – 7:30PM

We will meet in the parking lot at Crane WMA on Route 151 in Falmouth.  We
will walk around the grasslands for warblers, sparrows, and possible
raptors…perhaps even a bobwhite!

*Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge*
Dan Berard (djberard84 at gmail.com) & Stefanie Paventy (stefpav09 at gmail.com)
Friday, May 15, 6AM – 1PM

Meet in the Hyannis Commuter Lot and we will carpool because parking at the
cemetery is “first come first serve.” Please arrive 15 minutes early to
meet and coordinate.  Warblers and passerines should be peaked here at this
beautiful and historic landmark in a wonderful botanical park.  A late
lunch nearby could be an option otherwise brown bag your lunch.  Please
RSVP if you plan on joining us.  The trip is limited seating (4 passengers
can fit in Stefanie’s car), so reserve your spot early.  If one other
person would be willing to drive, that would allow for more people to join
the trip.  Please review the rules for visiting Mt. Auburn Cemetery (
http://www.mountauburn.org/visit/tips-for-your-visit/) as it is an active
burial site.

*Falmouth Town Forest/Crane WMA*
Greg Hirth, geohawk_1 at yahoo.com or 508-457-4356
Monday, May 18, 7:30AM – 12PM

Meet at the first small parking lot on the road to Goodwill Park (entrance
off Gifford Street approximately 0.6 mile north of Jones/Gifford
intersection).  We’ll look for migrant and nesting songbirds along Long
Pond in Falmouth Town Forest, and then continue on to the Crane Wildlife
Management Area to look for raptors and open space specialties.

*Ryder Conservation Area – Sandwich*
Peter Crosson, pcrosson at emeraldphysicians.com
Thursday, May 28, 8AM – 10AM

Meet in the parking area on Cotuit Road approximately 2 miles south of
Quaker Meetinghouse Rd.  We’ll explore this 243 acre conservation area with
5 miles of hiking trails that wind through groves of 100 year old holly,
beech and pine trees.  We will look for spring migrants and nesting
songbirds.  Past highlights for the area have included Prothonotary
Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, White-eyed Vireo and Swainson’s Thrush.
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