[SEMCO] upcoming events at Felix Neck

[Laura Hearn]

Upcoming Programs at Felix Neck-May 2015


Volunteer Day at Felix Neck
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 25, 2015 9:00am-12:00pm- Mass Audubon's 9th Annual Statewide Volunteer Day.

It's not too early to think about spring! Plan now to participate in Mass Audubon's Statewide Volunteer Day on Saturday, April 25, 2015. Enjoy getting outdoors, re-connecting with nature, and helping one of our wildlife sanctuaries tackle their spring "to do" list. Come with your family, a group of friends, or by yourself to 100 Felix Neck Drive, Edgartown.

                Butterfly Garden Blitz

Our butterfly garden needs to be prepared for the season. We need your help with planting, re-chipping the paths, rejuvenating the soil, and getting ready for the return of the butterflies and hummingbirds. Please bring work gloves, wear work clothes, and bring whatever gardening tools you have available. The more volunteers the merrier.



Bittersweet Battle Royale

Felix Neck is battling back its invasives! Help us remove some bittersweet that plagues our Sanctuary. Please bring work gloves and wear work clothes. We need all the help we can get with this project.



Spruce up our Nature Play Area

Get the Nature Play Area ready for summer. We will be doing a spring cleaning spruce up and adding woodchips to the site. This is an outdoor project, suitable for all ages. Please bring work gloves and wear work clothes.



After a morning of hands-on work we will provide a barbecue lunch for the volunteers to celebrate all that was accomplished.


So bring friends and family and get your hands dirty for a great cause! To sign up, visit www.massaudubon.org/workforwildlife<http://www.massaudubon.org/workforwildlife>. For more information, call 508.627.4850.

Sustainable Book Club
Wed, Apr 29, 2015 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Vineyard Haven Public Library
Adult program Free
Please join this island-wide book group, reading and discussing books that examine our relationship with nature. The group is sponsored by Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary and all six island libraries.
Book: American Catch by Paul Greenberg

Registration not required.



Kayak Quest

Mondays-Fridays; May 1-September 25

Members: $35/kayak; Nonmembers: $45/kayak**

Enjoy Sengekontacket Pond at your own pace on this self-guided tour. Rhyming "quest" clues (think treasure hunt!) will help you uncover the story of the Pond's people, places, and wildlife.
**Single & double kayaks available; call to reserve. Up to 2.5 hours; all boats must be returned by 3:30 pm. Age restrictions may apply, call for more information.

Horseshoe Crab Survey Training
Sat, May 02, 2015 9:00 am - 11:00 am Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Edgartown Adult Free


Does being a sleuth intrigue you? Do you need a reason to walk the beach before the high season? Have you ever experienced the beauty of the beach late at night? This very important project needs dozens of volunteers to look for spawning crabs or evidence that they were there nesting the previous night. If you have yet to participate in a beach survey, please consider joining in this year - you are needed! Pass the word; invite friends.

Surveys are conducted on days surrounding the New and Full Moons of May and June. Training will include time indoors and walking on the beach at the swash line. Please dress for the weather and wear water-resistant boots or shoes.



Moonrise Kayak Tour*

Members: $35/person; Nonmembers: $45/person

See Sengekontacket Pond in a new light-moonlight-as we celebrate the different full moons of summer. With a guide, kayak on the pond as the sun sets, stars twinkle, and the moon rises.

May 3: 7-9 pm  May 4: 7-9 pm



FISH PRINTING

Saturday, May 9

2-4 pm

Members: $30; Nonmember: $35

Registration required.

Islander Jeffrey Cahna is 'making impressions, one fish at a time'. He uses the Japanese art and technique Gyotaku to make fish prints. This technique combines the accuracy of scientific illustration with expressive composition of oriental art.


Nursery School Naturalists
Thu, May 14, 2015 10:30 am - 11:30 am   Thu, May 28, 2015 10:30am-11:30am
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, Edgartown
Adult/Child (suitable for children 3 - 5 years with parent/friend)
Adult free, Child $6.00
Adult free, Child $9.00
Nonmembers can join today during checkout and take immediate advantage of member prices.
Join us every other Thursday (April 2-June 11) while we look for signs of spring. Watch spring unfold at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary as we welcome the warmer weather through stories, crafts, walks, live animal presentations, and more!
Pre-registration required. Call Felix Neck for more information.

Tracking Shorebirds

Saturday, May 23  from 9-10 am  FREE
Oystercatchers, plovers, and terns, oh my! Walk the beach with our shorebird biologist to record field data, search for birds and nests, and identify bird and mammal tracks in the sand. Meet at the State Beach access trail on the Oak Bluffs side of Big Bridge.




Thank you!!

Laura Hearn
Development Assistant
Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary

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