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Hummingbird migration has reached Cape Cod. See map.
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (236+ words) Hummingbirds are back on Cape Cod, as the fast'winged birds continue their annual spring migration. Ruby-throated hummingbirds were reported in Massachusetts by mid-April, according to Hummingbird Central's interactive migration map. As of April 23, Cape Cod sightings included Falmouth, Mashpee, Barnstable,…...
Will Mashpee residents officially ban fur trading during town meeting?
1+ week, 1+ day ago (678+ words) As part of a growing national movement, a group of Mashpee residents wants the town to ban the sale of fur, arguing the industry causes undue suffering to animals like foxes and mink. "A ban on fur in Mashpee is…...
View osprey nesting in Orleans for the season
3+ week, 1+ day ago (18+ words) Cape Cod Times View osprey nesting in Orleans for the season...
Native Land Conservancy, in Mashpee, receives habitat management grant
3+ week, 1+ day ago (74+ words) Cape Cod Times Native Land Conservancy, in Mashpee, receives habitat management grant The Native Land Conservancy, a national nonprofit based in Mashpee, will move forward with a habitat management pilot program in Kingston after receiving financial support from the state....
NE Aquarium spots a quarter of Atlantic's right whales. Why that matters
4+ week, 2+ day ago (433+ words) The New England Aquarium has documented more than a quarter of the Atlantic Ocean's right whale population in just the last six weeks. The ocean waters off southern New England continue to see high North Atlantic right whale activity, with…...
Cape Cod homeowners with severe erosion are returning land to nature
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (194+ words) Homeowners in the Cape Cod National Seashore watching bluffs get closer and closer to their houses are donating the land. Cape Cod homeowners with severe erosion are returning land to nature NORTH EASTHAM " When Elaine Damm bought the two-bedroom ranch…...
Will Cape Cod beaches be affected by proposal to ease shorebird protections?
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (835+ words) Protections for the threatened piping plover restrict access to beaches across Cape Cod each year when the birds nest and chicks hatch. New regulation, filed by Rep. Ken Sweezey, R-Duxbury, could relax protections for another shorebird, the least tern. Duxbury…...
Yes, that's a bald eagle: Once-endangered bird is now thriving in MA
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (378+ words) After decades on the brink of extinction, the bald eagle has made a remarkable comeback. Winter birdwatchers may even catch a glimpse of one this season. Mass Wildlife began banding and monitoring bald eagles in 1989, and their population has steadily…...
How Cape Cod conservationists hope to rescue 50, 000 acres of land from development
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (658+ words) Drive down a winding back road on Cape Cod and you can still find it " a stretch of pine woods, a wet meadow buzzing with insects and birdsong, a pond that looks the same as it did years ago. But…...
Orleans Conservation Trust wants to buy and protect wooded parcel
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (114+ words) Cape Cod Times Orleans Conservation Trust wants to buy and protect wooded parcel The Orleans Conservation Trust wants to purchase and permanently protect a wooded parcel at 22 Tonset Road between Main Street and South Orleans Road, according to a press…...