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Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Now in its 25th year, the annual Cape Cod Natural History Conference features speakers from environmental organizations across Cape Cod discussing a wide array of natural history topics.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
At Wellfleet Bay's Nature Day Camps in Wellfleet and Chatham, campers ages 4 to 17 have fun and make friends as they explore the nature of Cape Cod. Registration now open for summer 2020!
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Despite comparatively few sea turtle strandings this season, Cape Cod's cold-stun phenomenon still drew the attention of some prominent media outlets this year—including the New York Times and the BBC.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Winter birding on Cape Cod isn’t just good—it’s exceptional! Early winter weather conditions on Cape Cod can be more like late fall in other parts of the Commonwealth.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
With the arrival of a new year, the sanctuary is growing its conservation science programs in local schools and offering hands-on career preparation to future environmental educators.
Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
Melissa Lowe Cestaro—a 25-year veteran of Mass Audubon—has been chosen to succeed Sanctuary Director Bob Prescott, who is retiring this fall after nearly 40 years at the helm.
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It’s been a popular topic of small talk at the sanctuary this month: what a strange cold-stun sea turtle season it’s been and why we’ve had so (relatively) few turtles. It’s important to note—we will likely surpass the 300-turtle mark very soon. That may sound like a lot, but last year we recovered more than […]
The following post was contributed by Wellfleet Bay’s special programs coordinator, Jim Sweeney. Winter birding on Cape Cod isn’t just good, it’s exceptional! Early winter weather conditions on Cape Cod can be more like late fall in other parts of the Commonwealth. Because of this delayed onset of wintry weather, some species that vacate other […]