Confirmed bird sightings on the Outer Cape in the week preceding the Independent’s deadline on Tuesday, June 7 included the following, based on a report prepared by Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet […]
Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
CO-EXISTENCE
Foxes Are ‘Out and About’ for Mating Season
Wildlife experts urge humans to resist interacting with wild animals
PROVINCETOWN — In winter, it’s not uncommon to see a red fox trotting down Commercial Street at dusk. Foxes here have grown used to living near humans, enticed by our […]
TURTLE TALK
Audubon Volunteers Rescue More Than 400 Sea Turtles
Chilly waters mean cold-stunned turtles
WELLFLEET — By now, sea turtles, like hundreds of Outer Cape residents, have headed south to dodge the frost. Where these two seasonal populations diverge: reptiles actually paddle out of […]
Shell Shock
Look for diamondback terrapins, a threatened species of salt marsh turtle, in a guided walk at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, 291 Route 6, on Thursday, July 1st and […]
Shell Shock
Look for diamondback terrapins, a threatened species of salt marsh turtle, in a guided walk at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, 291 Route 6, on Thursday, July 1st and […]