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: Rain cancels all trips. Contact leader if in doubt.

MAY 2012

Beech Forest - Provincetown 
Every Saturday & Sunday in May at 8:00AM. 

Meet in the parking lot. Take Race Point Road from Route 6 in Provincetown. Turn left into parking lot, approximately .50 miles. One of the best migrant traps on the outer Cape! Many passerines will stop here to rest during the spring migration where they find food, water and shelter within this small patch of forest at the tip of Cape Cod.

Saturday - May 5 - Charlie Martin - cemartinjr@comcast.net or 508-430-1257
Sunday - May 6 - Blair Nikula - odenews@odenews.org or 508-432-6348

Saturday - May 12 - Ed Banks - edbanks@verizon.net or 508-769-6762
Sunday - May 13 - Charlie & Sue Thompson - cot@cape.com or 508-255-1451

Saturday - May 19 - Peter Flood - pomarine@comcast.net or 508-258-0113
Sunday - May 20 - Al Curtis - killdeer89@comcast.net or 508-432-8677

Saturday - May 26 - David Clapp - naturalhistoryservices@comcast.net or 508-896-7322
Sunday - May 27 - Peter Crosson - pcrosson@emeraldphysicians.com or 508-280-1678


Tuesday - May 8 - 7:00AM - 10:00AM
Peter Crosson
Ryder Conservation Area - Sandwich

Meet in the parking area on Cotuit Road approximately 2 miles south of Quaker Meetinghouse Rd. We'll explore this 243 acre conservation area with 5 miles of hiking trails winding through groves of 100 year old Holly, Beech and Pine Trees looking for spring migrants and nesting songbirds. Past highlight for the area have included Prothonotary Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, White-eyed Vireo and Swainson's Thrush. Leader: Peter Crosson, pcrosson@emeraldphysicians.com or 508-280-1678

Monday - May 14 - 8:15AM - 12:00PM
Greg Hirth
Falmouth

Meet at the parking lot for Goodwill Park (entrance off Gifford Street approximately 0.6 miles north of Jones/Gifford intersection.) We'll look for migrant and nesting songbirds then continue onto the Crane Wildlife Management Area to look for raptors and open space specialties. Leader: Greg Hirth, geohawk_1@yahoo.com or 508-457-4356.

Monday - May 21 - 8:00AM - 12:00PM
Diane Silverstein & Michael Dettrey
Dennis Community Gardens/Shoop Conservation Area

We return to the Dennis gardens and Shoop woods, looking for Spring migrants! We’ll walk through the gardens and wooded conservation area. We will also walk across the street and explore a parcel of land known as the Whitfield Johnson parcel, a large field with pond, thickets and marsh. Meet in the parking area of the Dennis Community Gardens on Route 6A, approximately 3/4 mile from the intersection of Route 6A & Route 134 heading east. Gardens will be on the right. Be prepared for fairly easy walking through woods and fields. Rain cancels. Leaders: Diane Silverstein & Michael Dettrey, 508-364-7050 or birder526@comcast.net

Friday - May 25 - 5:30AM
Frank Caruso
Wompatuck State Park, Hingham

Meet at the Stop and Shop on Route 6A in Sandwich. This area, formerly a munitions depot during World War II, is now a relatively large tract of woodland and wetland habitats that is a wonderful stopover for migrating songbirds and a nesting locale for a wide variety of birds. Target birds here might include Hooded Warbler, Worm-eating Warbler, Blue-winged Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Acadian Flycatcher, Pileated Woodpecker, and other passerine species during the migration. We’ll bird until the latter portion of the morning and be done by noon to beat the traffic. Watch the weather reports and call/email to check on the status of the trip. Leader: Frank Caruso, fcaruso@umext.umass.edu or 508-477-9807 or 774-238-0698.

JUNE 2012

Friday & Saturday - June 8 & 9 - 6:30AM - 8:30AM
David Clapp
Wing Island - Brewster

Meet in the parking lot of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History on Route 6A Saturday or Sunday or both! We'll hike through the coastal pitch pine woodlands, across a salt marsh, to Wing Island and finally descend through a salt marsh swale to the barrier beach and tidal pools of Cape Cod Bay. Leader: David Clapp, 508-896-7322 or naturalhistoryservices@comcast.net

Monday - June 18 - 8:00AM - 12:00PM
Diane Silverstein & Michael Dettrey
Crowes Pasture - Dennis

We’ll explore Crowes Pasture, walking the trail from the entrance parking lot, looking around the woods, fields and beach. Located off South St. Park at the large parking lot on the right shortly after you enter on the dirt road; we’ll meet here. Be prepared for 2 – 3 miles of walking. Rain cancels. Leaders: Diane Silverstein & Michael Dettrey, 508-364-7050 or birder526@comcast.net

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.

  If you don't have Microsoft Excel or Adobe Reader installed on your computer, click the Adobe icon at the left to download and install Adobe Reader, then download the Adobe Reader version of the walk checklist.

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