“A Cape Cod Destination Icon For 40 Years”
Ken, sent us this photo of a Dovekie, a tiny seabird he found in Truro. Only about the size of a cardinal (a fat cardinal) Dovekies usually live far out at sea, but occasional winter storms (or food) brings them in closer, where Ken was waiting with his camera. For more on Dovekies, check out my column about them…if you want.
On May 28th, 1983, the first bird store of its kind opened in the big city of Orleans, MA. Not much has changed over the 40 years, except for some of the merchandise, most of the birdseed prices and, sadly, my hair color. Happy 40th anniversary to us, with a special...
The other day, our employee, Alex, shot this pic in her backyard where a pair of bluebirds are nesting. While the mother is incubating their next brood of eggs, the dad is busy feeding teenagers from the first brood that stubbornly deny employment and mooch off of his...
May 5, 2023 The Eagles Have Landed … Safely Their resurgence here is the real environmental success story By Mike O’Connor I think just about everyone around here is familiar with the faceoff that took place earlier this spring between a pair of bald eagles and a very...
As many of you know, our friendly neighborhood mullet-wearing worker, Rocky, recently left us for a new job tending to dead people (as the Medical Examiner Assistant for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts). Although she will be missed, she is as dead to us as her new...
Ron bought a new squirrel-proof peanut feeder from us this week and then sent this action photo of a skirmish that broke out between an adult Red-winged Blackbird and a young usurper. Want to know who won? Rob won because he finally can feed his birds and not the...
Last year a pair of Osprey started building a nest on the platform behind our shop. But alas, there were never any eggs as these were young birds and not quite sure what to do next. Well, the same pair is back again this year and based on the photo I took yesterday,...
J. Aldridge, and his long-sleeve BWGS T-shirt is seen here washing dishes for the fifth graders at Truro’s National Environmental Education Development Academy (aka N.E.E.D.). We aren’t sure if J. was posing for this photo or was caught on the Academy’s security...
Previous years' winner, Roy, traveled a long way to capture this cool picture! In November of 2022, Roy visited the Mosi-Oa-Yunga Park in Zambia, Africa. They went to see the White Rhinos, and met this gentleman who was protecting the Rhinos from poachers 24/7!...
Last year Alissa wore one of our shirts while she was searching for kiwis on Stewart Island, New Zealand. We never heard if she actually saw the kiwis, but either way a massive BWGS gift certificate is headed her way. Nice pic, Alissa.
We all know Cedar Pond. It’s the pond in Orleans along Rt. 6, just west of the big rotary (the pond that used to have hundreds of cormorants sitting on the power lines). For the last few years Ospreys have nested nearby, but recently these two bald squatters have...
