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Cape Cod Bird Festival

CAPE COD BIRD FESTIVAL 

September 18 – 20, 2015    
Hyannis, Massachusetts 
  
Guest speakers are:

  • Field Guide author Richard Crossley and
  • Miyoko Chu, author of SONGBIRD JOURNEY, a compelling tale on the miracles of bird migration. 

Join us for the third annual Cape Cod Bird Festival!  Last year birder’s from 20 states and Canada enjoyed weekend of birding, workshops, guest speakers, and the Vendor Marketplace. 
  
Cape Cod during fall migration! Where the unexpected is expected!  
  
Field trips will offer offshore island, pelagic, key land and shore bird sites. We have informative workshops and our Vendor Marketplace. 

Friday night enjoy our welcome social and presentation by Miyoko Chu. Miyoko will share the revelations of scientists to answer age old questions on the lives of migratory birds. 

Saturday Richard Crossley will present Past, Present and Future. Lessons learned in the wild British birding scene. Share his travels around the world from Japan to Cape May. It will be fast paced as Richard’s passion for color, art and a definite point of view will be shared. Richard will also discuss his thoughts behind his Crossley Field Guide. 

Family Day will be a free event and feature Wilson’s Eyes on Owls live owl program at the CCMNH along with other events. Mark and Marcia Wilson are a charismatic team who teach, study, photograph and share their passion for the natural world.  Each has nurtured a fascination for nature since childhood.  Both have biology degrees and share a keen interest in birds.  Please join us for an exceptional day.

An Eastern Screech Owl and a Northern Saw-whet Owl join 4 other live owls at Marcia and Mark Wilson’s Eyes On Owls presentation. Photo © Mark Wilson / Eyes On Owls

An Eastern Screech Owl and a Northern Saw-whet Owl join 4 other live owls at Marcia and Mark Wilson’s Eyes On Owls presentation. Photo © Mark Wilson / Eyes On Owls

Our headquarters is the new Doubletree by Hilton in Hyannis.  Check out the hotel  www.doubletree3.hilton.com and mention the Festival to receive a special discounted room rate!  

Registration is now open.  For additional information, visit our website www.capecodbirdclub.org ,  email us at festival@capecodbirdclub.org or call 508-331-0345 for more information. 

Gerry Cooperman 
Festival 2015 – Chair 
trogon6@aol.com

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Cape Cod Birding Festival

I am pleased to announce that the Cape Cod Bird Festival will be held Friday to Monday, September 19 – 22! Headquarters will be at the new DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Hyannis, MA.

Our Friday night pizza social will feature David Sibley who will speak on ” The Psychology of Bird Identification” and will be available for book signing. Saturday night dinner will feature the entertaining Greg Miller who will talk about the Big Year and his experiences as well as being a movie consultant. David and Greg will also be field trip leaders.

Our Friday night pizza social will feature David Sibley who will speak on ” The Psychology of Bird Identification” and will be available for book signing. Saturday night dinner will feature the entertaining Greg Miller who will talk about the Big Year and his experiences as well as being a movie consultant. David and Greg will also be field trip leaders.

logotan300 The Cape Cod Bird Festival offers a wide variety of field trips, interesting workshops, a Vendor Marketplace and a Monday post Festival trip to Cuttyhunk Island.

Cape Cod offers fabulous birding during Fall migration! Where passerines, shorebirds, and pelagics are everywhere and where the unexpected is expected.

Registration is now open! Check out all the Festival details at www.capecodbirdclub.org and select the Festival site. You can contact me off-line with any questions. You may register online or by a mail-in-form.

Thank you and we hope to see you on Cape Cod this September.

Gerry Cooperman
trogon6@aol.com
CAPE COD BIRD FESTIVAL SEPT 19-22,2014