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When it comes to late winter on Cape Cod, and the knowledge that beach weather is still four months away, it’s the little signs of better things to come
Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: Bluebirds and beavers Eastern Bluebird. —FOR THE GAZETTE/CHUCK STERN The Eastern bluebird population has increased significantly in recent decades. FOR THE GAZETTE/CHUCK STERN Beaver lodges in the marsh off the rail trail in Amherst by Station Rd. —STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Beaver lodges in the marsh off the rail trail in Amherst by Station Road. STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Beaver lodges in the marsh off the rail trail in Amherst by Station Rd. —STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Bluebirds at Mikey Ratherbun's home in Amherst. —STAFF PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS Eastern ...
It's the monthly Bird News program on The Point: wildlife biologist Mark Faherty brings us the latest of the season's birding highlights (and reports on
If there’s one thing you can count on each December, it’s counting. It’s when we hold the counts during which we count all the birds we can count. I’m talking about last weekend’s annual Cape Cod Waterfowl count as well as the various Christmas Bird Counts that begin this weekend. At last count, there were at least nine such counts in the CAI listening area, ten if you count the boat-based Stellwagen Bank count. So you know there’s a count near you. Cape Cod Bird Club’s annual waterfowl count always kicks off this season of counting. Since 1984, the club has conducted th...