Regional News

Wellfleet Bay's new education interns, Rachel Rigolosi and Kathryn Borowicz, have been busy from day one! Now that it's been a little over a month since they first arrived, we checked in and asked them to share their impressions of the Cape and their experiences thus far.

Whether you're new to birding, want to experience the Cape's great birding hotspots, or just enjoy an evening listening for Whip-poor-wills, there's a spring birding program for you!  

The Goose Pond's aging bulkhead is being replaced with a new mechanism that will allow the control of the pond's water levels—a change that will greatly improve the habitat for birds and fish.

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!

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.

Melissa Lowe Cestaro—a 25-year veteran of Mass Audubon—has been chosen to succeed Sanctuary Director Bob Prescott, who has retired after nearly 40 years at the helm.

After finding a dead bat that wasn't typically found on Nantucket, researchers began monitoring the island’s bat population. They discovered that this federally threatened bat species wasn't so rare on Nantucket after all. 

It's Felix Neck's 50th anniversary, and we're celebrating with a full year of fun, unique events! Join us in honoring and reflecting on the sanctuary's five decades of work inspiring nature heroes.

Felix Neck has been awarded a TernSOLAR challenge grant from the Tern Foundation to support the installation of a second solar panel array on the new Equipment Barn roof. In order to receive the funding, we must raise a matching $30,000—and we need your help to do it!

Inconspicuous Consumption by Tatiana Schlossberg delivers a clear, and vitally important, message—we all have a carbon footprint and an environmental impact much larger than we know, or can even imagine.

At Felix Neck’s Fern & Feather Day Camp in Edgartown, campers ages 4 to 14 have fun and make friends as they explore the nature of Martha’s Vineyard at our 194-acre wildlife sanctuary. Registration now open for summer 2020!

Felix Neck soared this year, and we want to share some of the accomplishments made possible by our nature community. Find out about our year of learning and teaching, sharing nature, and protecting wildlife in our Annual Report.

We're beyond thrilled to announce that Felix Neck opened Mass Audubon's fifth nature preschool on September 3!

Sanctuary Director Suzan Bellincampi has published her second book, The Nature of Martha's Vineyard—a collection of nature essays that gathers the best of the nature columns she's penned over more than 16 years. 

We recently spoke with three high school students from our Student Leadership Committee to learn a little more about the planning process for our first-ever Youth Climate Summit taking place on May 24.