[SEMCO] Upcomming Cape Cod Bird Club Walks

[Ron Cadillac]

News release

The next Cape Cod Bird Club Meeting is September 9th at 7pm at the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, 869 Route 6A, Brewster, MAThe speaker David Larson from Mass Audubon will talk about "Mongolia--Wildlife and Wild Spaces"Mongolia contains limitless vistas of mountains, steppes, and deserts, all of which provide habitat for countless strange and wonderful animals and plants...where all the major ecosystems found in Central Asia are encompassed; and the Gobi desert, parts of which are home to the region's rarest endemic species and were few...have ventured.
The following Bird Walks are free and open to the public.  Heavy or steady rain typically cancels the walk.  To participate, please call or e-mail the walk leader prior to the walk.  For the latest updates, always check our website  www.capecodbirdclub.org


August2019

 WestDennis Beach
Saturday,August 3, 5:30PM

PeterBono  (pbono at prba.com;774-487-2848)

Meetat the West Dennis Beach parking lot as far along towards thebreakwater and Bass River as you are permitted to drive.  Wewill look for lingering summer-breeding endangered Piping Plovers andLeast Terns as well as resident and migrating shorebirds.





 Sandpipersand Suds – Ellisville State Park, Plymouth 
Monday,August 5, 5 PM

BrianHarrington  (brian.harrington205 at gmail.com;774-487-2683)

Crossthe Sagamore Bridge, drive north on Route 3A for 5.3 miles, and joinus for late afternoon shorebirding at Ellisville Marsh, where themigration show has been getting better every year. Meet at EllisvilleState Park.  After shorebirding, feel free to join your leaderfor dinner and friendship at the British Beer Company nearby inEllisville.

 

FrancesCrane Wildlife Management Area—N. Falmouth
Sunday August 18 6:30Am

RonCadillac (rcadillac at yahoo.com) 508-775-9700

Thisis for beginning and intermediate bird photographers. Bring yourCamera and join Ron during the golden hour in search of meadowlarks,sparrows, thrushes, buntings, etc. (Sunrise is at 5:55.)

Meetin the main parking area on the north side of Rt 151. You will pass aball field on your right. If you contact Ron by email , he will sendyou guidance on the camera settings he uses (by Prathap DK). At 8 amwe will join Keelin Miller and Peter Fang on their walk at theparking area.

 

CraneWildlife Management Area – Falmouth
Sunday,August 18, 8 AM

KeelinMiller (capekeelin at hotmail.com;646-334-5575) & Peter Fang (fangmail at comcast.net ;774-763-6752) – 
Avoidthe crowds down in Woods Hole and Falmouth Heights for the FalmouthRoad Race by joining our bird walk on the north side of Falmouth atCrane WMA. Meet in the main parking lot on Route 151 in Falmouth(near the model airplane field). We will walk around the newlyrestored grasslands in search of sparrows, thrushes, buntings, andraptors. We might even be lucky enough to glimpse a bobwhite,bobolink, or a blue grosbeak!

 

Fallmigration at Sandy Neck
Thursday,August 22, 7 AM

PeterCrosson (capecodbirder at gmail.com;508-280-1678)

Meetat the hikers’ parking lot near the gatehouse at Sandy Neck BeachPark. We will walk a loop along the Marsh Trail, through thedunes, and back along the beach, looking for migrating shorebirds,songbirds, and terns.  Depending on the weather, we might gettreated to some pelagic species!  Expect about 1.5 miles ofwalking in soft sand.

 

September2019

BirdingBarnstable Harbor/Long Pasture MAS
Tuesday,September 3, 8 AM

PeterCrosson (capecodbirder at gmail.com;508-280-1678)

Meetin the main parking lot for Mass Audubon‘s Long Pasture wildlifesanctuary near the end of Bone Hill Road.  We will bird a bitaround the sanctuary grounds and then head down to Barnstable Harborfor shorebirds and terns at low tide.

 

RacePoint Beach, Provincetown
Saturday,September 14, 7 AM

PeterFlood (pomarine at comcast.net;508-364-7363)

Meetat the Race Point Beach parking lot. We will search for four speciesof shearwaters, storm-petrels, post-breeding staging Common andRoseate Terns, jaegers, shorebirds, and perhaps some marine mammalsincluding whales and seals. Be prepared to do some light walking insoft sand up to 2 miles. Bring drinking water and a light snack.

 

ScussetBeach State Park – Sagamore
Saturday,September 14, 7 AM

JohnGoodchild (john.goodchild at worcester.edu;508-532-8482)

VisitSagamore Hill, the Cape Cod Canal, and Scusset Beach. Meet at thefish pier parking lot, which is about a quarter mile past the StatePark entrance kiosk.

 

FortHill – Eastham
Friday,September 20, 8:30AM

ChristineBates (cmharris86 at gmail.com;774-722-2147)
Joinus for a walk along the loop trail at Fort Hill in Eastham. We willwatch the marsh for shorebirds and wading birds and search the fieldsand woods for passerines. Meet at the trailhead parking lot acrossfrom the Penniman House at Fort Hill.

 

FortHill – Eastham 
Sunday,September 29, 8AM – 1PM

JimSweeney (assawompsett at yahoo.com;401-465-6668)

Joinus for a walk along the loop trail at Fort Hill in Eastham. We willwatch the marsh for shorebirds and wading birds and search the fieldsand woods for passerines. Meet at the trailhead parking lot acrossfrom the Penniman House at Fort Hill.




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