Come bird watching with the Cape Cod Bird Club! All are welcome to join our field trips. There is no fee and no registration, unless noted. A call or e-mail to the leader is appreciated. Please check this site often for additional trips or other changes. In case of inclement weather, check with leader!
*Please Note: Heavy snow, ice or rain cancels all trips. Call leader if in doubt.
JULY 2010 July 5 - MON - 7:00 - 9:00 AM Stauffer’s Puddle, Sandwich We'll check the puddle, marsh, beach and water for herons, egrets, shorebirds, terns, gulls, and swallows. Meet at Route 6A Convenience Store across from Ploughed Neck Road in Sandwich. We'll carpool to the puddle. Leader: Mary Keleher, 508-477-1473 or maryeak@yahoo.com AUGUST 2010 Aug 22 - SUN - 5:30-7:00 PM (Evening) West Dennis Beach Meet at the West Dennis Beach PARKING LOT at the FAR END (Bass River). We'll look for the resident endangered Piping Plovers and Least Terns. We'll also hope to find migrating shorebirds on the mud flats and maybe a few early passerines in the dunes. Rain cancels. If you plan to attend, please contact the leader: Peter Bono, 508-375-9421 or pbono@pbra.com. After 4 PM on the day of the walk, you can reach him on his cell phone at (774-487-2848). Aug 24 - TUE - 9:30 - 4 PM South Beach, Chatham. Meet at the Monomoy NWR Headquarters on Morris Island, in Chatham at 9:30 AM. We'll take the Morris Island Ferry to the beach and then leisurely view the thousands of shorebirds and seabirds in migration. Be prepared to walk 4+ miles. This trip is co-sponsored with the Forbush Bird Club. There is a fee for boat transportation (approx. $25.00). This is an all-day trip, so be sure to bring enough food and water. Please call or email me if you plan to attend. Rain, heavy wind or surf cancels. No rain date. Leader: Ed Banks 508-430-0845 or edbanks@verizon.net Note: The Fifth Annual Cape Cod Birding Weekend to be held September 24 - 26. More information to come in early August. It will again include many birding trips capewide and a six-hour pelagic trip on Sunday, September 26th aboard a Dolphin Fleet boat out of Provincetown. Please mark your calendars and join us for a great weekend of fabulous birding! WALK CHECKLIST FOR LEADERS Walk leaders may now download the walk checklist to keep track of what is seen on the walks. Download and print either the Excel Spreadsheet version or the Adobe Reader version of the walk checklist.
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