by oncapemagazine | Jul 21, 2023 | May 2021
By CRAIG GIBSON One of the enduring signs of spring on the Cape is the annual return of the ospreys. The ospreys are a popular and common breeding bird. Each fall, at the end of the breeding season, they depart and head south on winter migration. They typically begin...
by oncapemagazine | Jul 21, 2023 | May 2021
By BECCA LOWRY I have said it before and I will say it again—I absolutely adore lavender. It helps you relax and it smells lovely. One of the places where you can smell a mountain of lavender is one of my favorite places, the Cape Cod Lavender Farm, in Harwich. They...
by oncapemagazine | Jul 21, 2023 | May 2021
By BECCA LOWRY Who doesn’t love Martha’s Vineyard? It’s beautiful, there’s great food and there’s always something fun to do. When I recently spent time on Martha’s Vineyard, I immediately went to one of my favorite locations on the Vineyard—the Island Alpaca...
by oncapemagazine | Jul 21, 2023 | May 2021
By CHRISTINE LYNCH While walking along with your child, you hear some shrill alarm-like cries coming from overhead. Looking up, you see the wide wingspan of a soaring bird, and then a little voice asks, “What bird is that?” Most Cape parents are familiar with the...
by oncapemagazine | Jul 21, 2023 | May 2021
By DEBORAH G. SCANLON In June of 1871, Spencer Fullerton Baird, assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and newly appointed US Commissioner of Fisheries, arrived in Woods Hole to set up the nation’s first Fisheries laboratory. The 150th anniversary of the...
