Family Friendly Summers on Cape Cod: Raptor Edition

Feeding time for an Osprey family

Are you looking for a family friendly summer destination for you and your family?  Look no further than Cape Cod!  This beautiful beachy peninsula off the coast of Massachusetts has a rich tradition hosting summertime family fun!

Begin by choosing from the many welcoming waterfront places to stay!

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Bird and Book: Mourning Dove

This bird stumped me at first.  It looked like a dove but smaller.  I did a little research and thought maybe a Common Ground Dove but apparently this type of dove doesn’t live as far north as Cape Cod.  With the help of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology community on Facebook I have determined it is a juvenile Mourning Dove.  I should have known it was a baby with the way it didn’t fly off right away.  Similar to human babies not having stranger anxiety when they are very young.

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