[SEMCO] Cape Cod Bird Club News for November

[Paul Marilyn Schlansky]

Press Release
Paul Schlansky

The Cape Cod Bird Club meets on Monday, November 14th,  7 PM at the Cape
Cod Museum of Natural History on Route 6A in Brewster.  Meetings are free
and open to all.

 This month's meeting will feature speaker  Keenan Yakola who will speak
about Birding from the Edge: A rare look into the life of a seasonal
biologist on the outmost island in Penobscot Bay, Maine.  This talk was
postponed from the October meeting.  Keenan has worked as a research
supervisor at Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge located 22 miles off
Rockland, Maine studying nesting colonies of Atlantic Puffins, Arctic and
Common Terns, Razorbills, Black Guillemots and Double Crested and Great
Cormorants.  He is a native Cape Codder and Nauset High School graduate who
interned at Wellfleet Bay Audubon Sanctuary.  He holds a Bachelor's Degree
from the University of Massachusetts and has worked in Africa and the
Peruvian Amazon.

Cape Cod Bird Club November Walks


*Birding Truro, Part II  *

*Ginie Page*, vgpage at juno.com or 508-349-6810 – *Thursday, November 3 at
8:30AM.*

Our last Birding Truro was so good, we’re going to explore more of Truro.
Join us while we run around town searching for a variety of birds from bay
to ocean and the thickets in between.  If it’s anything like last time, we
may even see some whales!  We will meet and carpool from  the Dunkin Donuts
(2393 Route 6) parking lot in Wellfleet.

*Sandy Neck Beach – Barnstable*

*Peter Crosson, *pcrosson at emeraldphysicians.com* or 508-280-1678 – Sunday,
November 6 at 8AM*

We will start on the beach to scope for seabirds, and then make our way
along the trail to search for birds in the marsh.  Highlights may include
seabirds, passerines and raptors.  Meet at the beach parking lot passed the
visitor’s shack.

*Pond Hopping – **Dennis*

*Stefanie Paventy, *stefpav09 at gmail.com* or 203-415-1956 – Saturday,
November 12 at 7AM*

We will begin the morning at Corporation Beach looking for seabirds and
gulls.  Then we’ll carpool over to Scargo Lake, Slough Pond and Walkers
Pond searching for dabbling ducks.  This is an easy morning of scoping for
birds from the shore, so bring your scope if you have one.  If not, don’t
worry…Stef will let you use hers!

*Crane Wildlife Management Area – Falmouth*

*Stefanie Paventy, *stefpav09 at gmail.com* or 203-415-1956 – Friday, November
25 at 8AM*

Work off those Thanksgiving pounds by joining us for walk through Crane!
Meet in the main parking lot on Route 151 in Falmouth (near the model
airplane field).  We will walk around the newly restored grasslands in
search of sparrows, thrushes, buntings and raptors.  We may even be lucky
enough to glimpse a bobwhite!

Walks are free and open to all, but please call or email the walk leader to
reserve.
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