Click for map of beached bird deposition patterns:

• on Cape Cod
• in Buzzards Bay

Contacts for Massachusetts:

• If you pick up a fresh bird carcass - please freeze it and/or bring it to the closest facility with a freezer:

• The Lloyd Center for Environmental Studies
  430 Potomska Road, South Dartmouth, MA
  508-990-0505 x12
• Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
  South Wellfleet, MA
  508-349-2615

 

• If you find a live injured bird, be careful - pick up a bird only with adequate protection (gloves, pillow case for covering bird)! It is probably most advisable to contact local wildlife rehabilitators near you:

• South Weymouth, MA - New England Wildlife Center at 781-682-4878
• Eastham, MA - Wild Care, Inc. at 508-240-2255
• West Barnstable, MA - Cape Wildlife Center at 508-362-0111
• Call the Tufts Wildlife Clinic for more local rehabilitator contacts: 508-839-7918

 

• For marine mammal and sea turtle strandings (live and dead):

• Cape Cod - report stranded marine mammals to the Cape Cod Stranding Network Hotline at 508-743-9548; report sea turtles to Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary at 508-349-2615
• All of MA - report stranded marine mammals and sea turtles to the New England Aquarium at 617-973-5247

 

• If you find oil on or near the beach contact:

• The National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802
• The state hotline: M.A. Environmental Law Enforcement at 1-800-632-8075

Andrew Cunningham Photo

Andrew Cunningham Photo

Andrew Cunningham Photo