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Cape Cod herring spawning season offers places to watch herring runs

Watch for the gulls. They gather to feast. Their prey river herring   are on an epic, ancient journey to their birthplace to spawn and replenish their species. But first, they must navigate their way upstream, bolt through a series of fish ladders  and evade swarms of ravenous gulls and an array of other hungry creatures. The herring are running. Here s how acclaimed Brewster nature writer John Hay described a predatory conclave in Nature s Year (1961): The big white and gray birds hover over, then dive down in a flock where the fish crowd in shallow water on their way up. The valley is full of marauding and assemblies and crying out as the fish keep on, rushing and weaving with the stream flowing over their backs.

Counting Herring

A loon surfaced intermittently a few feet off the southern shore of Santuit Pond as several ospreys—recently returned from an intercontinental migration—circled overhead or perched in still-leafless trees. To a voice memo app on his phone, Jim Carroll noted the date (March 31, 2021), the time (a little past 5:30 PM), the weather (80 percent clouds) and air temperature (11 degrees Celsius, or 51 degrees Fahrenheit). Mr. Carroll dipped a thermometer over the edge of the Santuit fish ladder, where a few dozen alewife herring gathered in pools. After a moment, he retrieved the thermometer. “Twelve degrees,” he said. “The water is warmer than the air.”

Mashpee Volunteers Resume Conservation Of Species As Old As Time

Mashpee Volunteers Resume Conservation Of Species As Old As Time
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