[Classifieds] Reminder: April Family Programs at the Waquoit Bay Reserve

Thu Apr 16 15:05:23 EDT 2026

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Visit the Waquoit Bay Reserve this Spring

April Break Family Programs

All programs are free and open to the public. Registration is preferred at

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Beach Walk & Scavenger Hunt

Monday, April 20

11:00AM - 12:00PM

All ages welcome

Join us for a walk along South Cape Beach. We will check on nesting Ospreys and use a sein net to discover what might be in the water. We will have magnifiers for up-close viewing of beach finds and prizes for finishing the scavenger hunt.

Meet at Mashpee Town Beach parking lot.

Rain cancels.

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Beyond Bugs

Tuesday, April 21

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Ages preschool to kindergarten with adult

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Ages 6 years old and up with adult

Flowers are starting to bloom and insects are emerging from their eggs. We will take a walk along our pollinator garden looking for any tiny critters we can find. We will play a pollinator game and make an insect glider to fly and take home.

Meet at the Visitor Center. Rain or Shine.

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Unfish-like Fish

Wednesday, April 22

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Ages preschool to kindergarten with adult

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Ages 6 years old and up with adult

Sea horses, pipe fish and eels are unique fish we encounter in the estuary in spring. We will discover what makes them different and see if we can catch one in the Bay. We will make a 3-D sea horse to take home.

Meet at the Visitor Center. Rain or Shine.

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Springtime is Turtle Time

Thursday, April 23

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Ages preschool to kindergarten with adult

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Ages 6 years old and up with adult

Reptiles are waking up from hibernation, and we have several types of turtles at Waquoit Bay Reserve including box and snapping turtles. Discover why snapping turtles look like dinosaurs and what is special about a box turtle shell. We will go on a turtle themed treasure hunt and make a turtle suncatcher.

Meet at the Visitor Center. Rain or shine

Earth Day Film Screening

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Registration Required.

Space is limited.

Co-Sponsored by

Waquoit Bay Reserve

Friends of the Waquoit Bay Reserve

Friends of the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge

Cresta Alta: Climate Science & Sustainability Documentary Screening

Followed by a conversation with local sustainability experts.

Thursday, April 23

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Join us for a screening of Cresta Alta, a climate science and sustainability focused documentary, and a panel discussion with local experts to understand climate change impacts on Cape Cod. Environmental filmmaker, Todd Anders Johnson, has been engaging audiences throughout the US on the Cresta Alta Film Tour. Cresta Alta chronicles a journey to Alaska, Iceland, Chile and Peru to document glaciological research expeditions and sustainability. A panel discussion will follow the documentary screening where the filmmaker will be joined by local experts working in Massachusetts on strategies to increase renewable energy and prepare our communities for climate change impacts.

Meet at the Boathouse.

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All programs are free and open to the public.

Reasonable accommodations available upon request.

An adult must accompany children.

Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center

131 Waquoit Highway (Route 28)

Waquoit, MA 02536

Visitor Center Hours: Open Monday - Friday from 10:00am - 4:00pm

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Questions? Contact jayne.dicandio at mass.gov<mailto:jayne.dicandio at mass.gov> or sonia-ahrabi-nejad at mass.gov<mailto:sonia-ahrabi-nejad at mass.gov>.

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