Next Meeting – September 14, 2026

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Speaker and Topic: Peter Alden “My Wild Life: Rare Birds, Close Calls, and Adventures of an Eco-Explorer”

See our Meetings page for additional information about the meeting.
If you prefer to attend via Zoom, we have set up a simultaneous Zoom connection to broadcast the in-person meeting.
You may join the Zoom anytime after 6:30 pm

Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, Brewster and via Zoom
Doors open at 6:30pm so you may mingle with other members and the Board, enjoy refreshments, and pick up information.

Check out our Walks page for upcoming bird walks led by club members, which are held throughout the year

Update to Membership Online Join, Renew or Donation

We hope this message finds you well and enjoying the summer birding season.

There has been a small but important update about how the Cape Cod Bird Club manages memberships and donations.

Behind the scenes, we have transitioned to a new database system, DonorSnap, and updated our online payment processor as part of our move from PayPal to Stripe. These changes were made to strengthen our record-keeping, improve fiscal security, and reduce the amount of manual paperwork required to keep our membership information current.

For you, the experience should feel just as smooth and friendly as before. The online forms you use to join the Club, renew your membership, or make a donation will look familiar, and you can continue to submit payments online with confidence.

We also want to express our appreciation for members who choose to pay online. Each online transaction helps us keep our records accurate, secure, and up to date—allowing us to spend more time on programs, conservation, and community engagement.

Our 2026-27 season starts in September, so you may renew your membership now using our new system by going to  Join or Renew Online

If you have any questions about the new system or encounter anything unexpected, please feel free to reply to this email or write to info@capecodbirdclub.org.

Thank you for your continued support of the Cape Cod Bird Club.
Happy Birding!
Cape Cod Bird Club Board of Directors

Cape Cod Teen Scholarship 2026 Awarded

We are pleased to announce that the 2026 CCBC Scholarship for the Hog Island Summer Camp, Mountains to Sea Birding for Teens, has been awarded to Brearley Ward, of Falmouth, Massachusetts. Please join us in congratulating him. We wish him a fun trip to camp at the end of June. We will look forward to reading his article about his adventures in the Fall newsletter, and hearing him speak about his experience at the December Holiday Meeting.

Go to the Cape Cod Teen Scholarship page for more information.

AviList: A Unified Global Checklist of the World’s Birds

AviList: A Unified Global Checklist of the World’s Birds is Now Available

AviList: A Unified Global Checklist of the World’s Birds is Now AvailableAviList: A Unified Global Checklist of the World’s Birds is Now AvailableA new unified global bird checklist, AviList, the most authoritative and up-to-date taxonomy of the world’s birds, was released on 11 June by a global team of experts in taxonomy, nomenclature, and bioinformatics. This collaboration includes researchers from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the American Ornithological Society, BirdLife International, the International Ornithologists’ Union, and other leading institutions.

The new list recognizes 11,131 bird species across 252 families, offering a single, harmonized reference point for ornithologists, conservationists, and birders around the world. “In trying to protect birds at a global scale, it is important to ensure that everyone is talking the same language and the data match,” says Marshall Iliff, an AviList team member and eBird project leader at the Cornell Lab.

Click here for more information