[SEMCO] Long Pasture Field Studies this August: Coastal Bird Migration

[Joshua Wrigley]

Mass Audubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary offers seasonal education programming for those who are curious about Cape Cod's environment.



Sandy Neck Field Studies
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Coastal Bird Migration: An Introduction to Cape Cod's Traveling Birds



Dates:  August 22 - 23, 2015

Location:  Mass Audubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Road, Barnstable, MA 02637



Highly migratory shorebird species are often best seen along Cape Cod's coastline during August. The weather has barely cooled and yet further north, the autumn's first avian migrants are already beating their wings toward the long southward journey that lies ahead. For some, this means departing their Arctic breeding grounds with no less than a 3,000 mile destination in mind --- Tierra del Fuego on the southern extremity of South America.

Learn about the lives of these birds from master ornithologist John Kricher as he delves into their migratory habits and ecological significance. Field lessons will take visitors from locales on the Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary to Barnstable Great Marsh and the dunes of Sandy Neck Barrier Beach, a state designated Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC).

Call (508) 362 - 7475 Ext. 9355 for more information. Space is limited. Register Online<http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:sanctuary=28:program_code=41382>.



About the Instructor:

John Kricher is a Professor of Biology at Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts. Dr. Kricher teaches courses in ecology, ornithology, and vertebrate evolution. His most recent book is Tropical Ecology (Princeton University Press, 2011), now the leading textbook on the subject of global tropical ecology. He has also authored The Balance of Nature: Ecology's Enduring Myth (Princeton University Press, 2009), and Galapagos: A Natural History (Princeton University Press, 2006).  Other books include the best-selling A Neotropical Companion and three North American ecology field guides (Eastern Forests, Rocky Mountain and Southwestern Forests, California and Pacific Northwest Forests) in the Peterson series.  John is a Fellow in the American Ornithologists Union and has served as president of the Association of Field Ornithologists, president of the Wilson Ornithological Society, and president of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.


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Joshua Wrigley
Education Coordinator
MassAudubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
345 Bone Hill Rd.
Barnstable, MA 02637
jwrigley at massaudubon.org
Office: 508-362-7475 Ext. 9355
Cell: 518-810-9478
www.massaudubon.org

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